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14
world history chapter 14 identify and recall
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| lorenze de medici | clever politician who held florence together in the late 1400's during difficult times |
| francesco petrarch | an early renaissance humanist |
| leonardo da vinci | an endless curiosity fed genius for invention, who made sketches of nature and models in his studio |
| michelangelo | many sided genius sculptor, engineer, painter, architect, and poet. |
| raphael | his paintings blend the christian and classical styles, best known for portayals of the madonna, the mother of jesus |
| baldasare castiglione | a well educated well mannered aristocrat who mastered many fields, from poetry to sports |
| niccolo machiavelli | studied ancient roman history |
| patron | financial supporter |
| humanism | focused on worldly subjects rather than on the religious issues that had occupied medieval thinkers |
| humanities | subject taught in ancient greek and roman schools |
| perspective | making distant objects smaller than those objects close to the viewer |
| albrecht durer | traveled to italy to study the techniques of the italian masters |
| jan van eyck | portrayals of townspeople as well as religious scenes abound in rich realistic details |
| francois rabelais | had a varied career as a monk, physician, greek scholar, and author |
| william shakespeare | english poet and playwrighter |
| miguel de cervantes | an entertaining tale that mocks romantic notions of medieval chivalry |
| johann gutenberg | prited the first complete edition of the bible using the first printing press and printing inks in the west |
| engraving | an artist etches a design on a metal plate with acid |
| vernacular | everyday language of ordinary people |
| utopian | an ideal society |
| protestant reformation | movement in which the church renewed itself from within |
| martin luther | german monk and professor of theology |
| peace of augsburg | allowed each prince to decide which religion would be followed in his lands |
| john calvin | published the institutes of the christian religion |
| huguenot | french calvinist |
| john knox | led a religious rebellion |
| indulgence | church teaching |
| recant | give up his views |
| predestination | the idea that god had long ago determined who would gain salvation |
| theocracy | government run by church leaders |
| henry VIII | attacks luther in pamphlet. 'defender of faith' |
| elizabeth I | protestant |
| council of trent | pope calls meeting that lasts 20 years off and on |
| inquisition | a period of prolonged and intensive questioning or investigation |
| jesuits | loyal to pope |
| teresa of avila | dedicating herself to prayer and meditation |
| annul | cancel |
| canonize | recognize as saint |
| comprimise | agreement |
| scapegoat | someone to blame |
| ghetto | separate part of a ciy |
| nicolaus copernicus | heliocentric idea, says sun is at center of universe |
| johanees kepler | supports copernicus |
| galileo galilei | new telescope, his observations supports keplers calcuations |
| francis bacon | stresses expericment |
| rene descartes | stresses human reasoning 'father of modern philosophy' |
| isaac newton | theory of gravity |
| robert boyle | boyles law of pressure and volume of gas are inversley related |
| heliocentric | sun is center |
| hypothesis | possible expanation |
| scientific method | step-by-step process of discovery |
| gravity | force that keeeps planets in orbit around the sun |
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