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Florence A city-state in Italy during the Renaissance. The Medici family was the richest family in the city.
Isaac Newton an English physicist and mathematician who developed the theory of Gravity.
Johann Gutenberg a German blacksmith who invented the printing press
Leonardo da Vinci a Renaissance artist, sculptor, anatomist, engineer, architect, mathematician, inventor, and writer who painted pictures like the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper
Machiavelli an Italian politician who wrote guides for rulers on how to gain and maintain power.
Copernicus a mathematician and astronomer who formulated the heliocentric theory
Predestination the doctrine that God knew who was going to be saved before the beginning of time
Sect a group of people with different religious beliefs from those of a larger group to which they belong
Antibaptists believed that infants should not be baptized because they believed that the person being baptized should be able to make their own confessions of faith
Humanist scholars differed from medieval thinkers in that humanists they studied worldly subjects rather than religious issues
In the 1600s, Robert Boyle's work transformed the field of chemistry
In the Scientific Method, a hypothesis is a a proposed explanation of a phenomenon
Many scholars agree that between 1450 and 1750, people's beliefs in both Christianity and magic led to the belief in witches or agents of the devil
One way that Renaissance artists reflected the new ideas of humanism was by painting in perspective
Sir Thomas Moore was executed because he was convicted of High Treason
The age of great change marked by renewed interest in classical learning and the arts is called The Reniassance
The calculations of astronomer Johannes Kepler showed that planets do revolve around the sun although not in a perfect circle
The inventor who perfected the microscope and was the first person to see cells and microorganisms was Anton van Leewenhook
The Last supper and the Mona Lisa were the work of the great artist Leonardo da Vinci
The main goal of the Jesuits was to Spread the Catholic church and its ideals
The purpose of the Council of Trent was to To reaffirm the Catholic ideals and establish the direction in which the church would progress
The Swiss city-state of Geneva became a model of Protestant morality under the leadership of John Calvin
Today's Baptists, Mennonites, and Amish can all trace their religious ancestry to the Anabaptists
Unlike Francis Bacon, René Descartes believed that the best road to understanding through Human Reasoning
What changes did the Catholic Church make during the Catholic Reformation? Reaffirmed that the Bible is a source of truth but not the only source of truth, Provided penalties for worldliness and corruption, and established school
What humanist of northern Europe wrote about his vision of an ideal society, in which people live in peace and harmony? Sir Thomas More
What major theme of the northern Renaissance did Albert Dürer's engravings portray? Religious Upheavel
What resulted from the Peace of Ausburg in 1555? German Princes could chose their own religion that their provinces had to follow, thus creating separation between Germany
What triggered the events that resulted in the formation of the Church of England? Henry wanted to divorce his wife Catherine, but the Pope would not allow him to, so he created a church very similar to the Catholic Church, but the King was the head of the Church
Describe the ideal woman according to writer Baldassarre Castiglione. Beautiful, graceful, kind, lively but reserved
Who assembled a library of Greek and Roman manuscripts preserving the works of Cicero, Homer, and Virgil? Francesco Petrarch
Who described architecture as a "social art" meant to combine beauty with utility and improvement of society? Leon Alberti
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