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Early Modern World
Renaissance and Reformation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The great period of rebirth in art, literature, and learning in the 14th-16th centuries, which marked the transition into the modern periods of European history. | Renaissance |
| Italian Renaissance artist that painted The Last Supper and Mona Lisa, he was also an engineer, architect, sculptor, and scientist. | Leonardo da Vinci |
| Worldly, not pertaining to church matters or religion. | Secular |
| A philosophy in which interests and values of human beings are of primary importance. | Humanism |
| A durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster. | Fresco |
| Italian painter whose many paintings exemplify the ideals of the High Renaissance. He painted fresco's, his most famous being The School of Athens. | Raphael |
| A religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches. | Protestant Reformation |
| A German monk who became one of the most famous critics of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1517, he wrote 95 theses, or statements of belief attacking the Church practices. | Martin Luther |
| This was the selling of forgiveness by the Catholic Church. It was common practice when the church needed to raise money. The practice led to the Reformation. | Indulgences |
| This was written by Martin Luther and posted on the door of the Church of Wittenberg criticizing the Catholic Church. He wrote them in Latin and in German so that the common people could read them as well. | Ninety-Five Thesis |
| This document declared Martin Luther an outlaw within the empire and his works were to be burned and Luther was to be captured and delivered to the emperor. | Edict of Worms |
| The general name given to any of the Christian denominations that broke from the Catholic Church during the sixteenth-century Reformation. | Protestantism |
| Protestant sect founded by John Calvin. Emphasized a strong moral code and believed in predestination. Calvinists supported constitutional representative government and the separation of church and state. | Calvinism |
| The belief that what happens in human life has already been determined by some higher power. | Predestination |
| Religious reform movement within the Latin Christian Church, begun in response to the Protestant Reformation. It clarified Catholic theology and reformed clerical training and discipline. | Catholic Reformation |