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Chapter 15

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The revival of art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th–16th centuries Renaissance
A Renaissance cultural movement that turned away from medieval scholasticism and revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman thought Humanism
occurring or celebrated once in an age or century: the secular games of Rome Secular
A humanists, of the Italian diplomat Baldassare Castiglione
A political philosopher and statesman. Niccolo' Machiavelli
A well educated poet, supported some of the most talented artists of the day. Lorenzo de Medici
Highly talented painter; but he was also a writer, inventor, architect, engineer, mathematician, musician, and a philosopher Leonardo de Vinci
Sculptor Michelangoelo Buonarroti
Renowned painter and an accomplished architect Raphael
German, Who cast the letters of the alphabet onto metal plates and locked those plates into a wooden press Johannes Gutenberg
Leading Christian humanist Desiderius Erasmus
Humanist and English statesman Sir Thomas More
English playwright William Shakespeare
Wrote important works focusing on the role women played in society Christine de Pisan
German artist Albrecht Durer
Flemish painter Jan van Eyck
A religious movement in the 1500's that split the Christian church in western Europe and led to the establishment of a number of new churches Protestant Reformation
Pardons issued by the pope of the Roman Catholic Church that could reduce a soul's time in purgatory; from the 1100's to the 1500's Indulgences
Made his complaints about the church public Martin Luther
A government ruled by religious leaders who claim God's authority Theocracy
Most important Protestant reformer John Calvin
The belief that at the beginning of time God decided who would gain salvation Predestination
Became king of England at the age of 17 Henry VIII
Declared invalid based on church laws Annulled
Drafted a new Supremacy Act in 1559, splitting England once again from Rome Elizabeth 1
The Catholic Church's series of reforms in response to the spread of Protestantism in the mid-1500's to the early 1600's Counter- Reformation
Members of a Catholic religious order, the society of Jesus, founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1534 Jesuits
A Basque nobleman and former soldier Ignatius of Loyola
A meeting of church leaders in the 1500's whose purpose was to clearly define Catholic doctrines for the Catholic Reformation Council of Trent
The archbishop of Milan from 1560 to 1584 Charles Borromeo
Worked to regain the district of Savoy Francis of Sales
Most famous female spiritual leader Teresa of Avila
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