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Renaissance Words
Term | Definition |
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Florence | Italian city that is the birthplace of the Renaissance |
Patron | Wealthy person who finances a work of art |
Johannes Gutenberg | Invented the printing press |
Ninety-Five Theses | A document written by Martin Luther challenging the teaching of the Catholic Church (Indulgences) |
John Calvin | Believed that God had already chosen a group, the elect, for heaven |
Martin Luther | German theologian from the Renaissance who founded Lutheranism |
Theologian | A person who devotes his life to the study of his religion |
Humanism | Intellectual movement of the Renaissance based upon studying the ancient Greeks and Romans |
Michelangelo | An Italian painter, sculptor, poet, and architect. He painted the Sistine Chapel and carved the sculpture of David |
Leonardo da Vinci | A painter, sculptor, architect, and scientist. He painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper |
Reformation | The movement during the Renaissance to reform the Catholic Church and establish the Protestant Church |
Renaissance | The transitional movement in Europe marked by a classical influenced expressed through the arts, literature, and modern science |
Secularism | -Rejection or exclusion of religion and religion consideration |
Thomas Hobbes | Author of Leviathan and believed individuals should trust their king and government completely in order to create stability |
Raphael | A master Renaissance painter that work crossed beyond the time and culture in which he lived |
Predestination | God decided who would go to Heaven after death |
Indulgences | Pardons from punishment for committing a sin allowing the sinner to enter Heaven |
Protestant | Refers to Christian church denominations, teachings, and individuals during the Reformation that rejected Roman Catholic Church doctrines |
Vernacular | Language used by the common people |
Nicolaus Copernicus | -Proposed the heliocentric theory |
Heliocentric Theory | The idea that the sun is the center of the universe |
Robert Boyle | Conducted research in the field of chemistry |
Isaac Newton | Devised the laws of motion |
Niccolo Machiavelli | Advocated political effectiveness over morality |