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History Terms c17
Adair Final
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Renaissance | age of cultural rebirth |
| Role of merchants (Renaissance) | rich; even led cities like Florence |
| Medici Family | wealthy merchants; patrons; controlled Florence |
| Humanism | the idea that people can do what ever they set their minds to; secular |
| Secular spirit | people began relying on themselves instead of on the church |
| Patrons | people who endorse artists |
| "Renaissance Man" | person who could do anything |
| Perspective | technique making paintings look 3D |
| Michaelangelo | painter/sculpture; David and Sistine Chapel |
| Leonardo da Vinci | the Renaissance man; painted, sculpted, physicist, etc. |
| Raphael | architect and painter; House of Athens |
| Dante | Italian Renaissance poet |
| Vernacular | native language; way secular writing was done |
| Machiavelli | political advisory; felt people were inherently evil |
| Johann Gutenberg | inventor of printing press |
| Printing Press | made recreation of documents much faster; made information travel much faster |
| Causes of Reformation | people were able to purchase their own salvation; Martin Luther felt this was not like the church |
| Martin Luther | started reformation of the church |
| Indulgences | the purchase of salvation |
| Johann Tetzel | friar and preacher known for giving indulgences |
| 95 Theses | letter written by Martin Luther explaining his issues with the church |
| Reformation | split of the church into even more divisions; end of indulgences |
| Lutherans | followers of Martin Luther |
| Protestants | those protesting the Catholic church with their practice of Christianity |
| Peace of Augsburg | agreement that kept religious division within the Holy Roman Empire |
| Henry VIII | wanted to divorce his wife because he could not get a son; couldn't so he had them killed |
| Reformation Parliament | set of laws reducing the power of the church. |
| Anglican | English |
| Act of Supremacy | said king was above pope in political matters |
| Elizabeth | promoted English Renaissance; time known as Elizabethan Era |
Created by:
William Little
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