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W His 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Renaissance | Rebirth |
| Humanism | Intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements |
| Secular | Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters |
| Patron | Person who supports artists, especially financially |
| Perspective | An artistic technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat surface |
| Vernacular | Everyday language of people in a region or country |
| Utopia | An ideal place |
| William Shakespeare | Most famous writer of the Elizabethan Age |
| Johann Gutenberg | German developer of the printing press, produced books quickly and cheaply. Printed a complete Bible in 1455 |
| Indulgence | A pardon releasing a person from punishment due for a sin-Pay money to church so don't have to serve punishment |
| Reformation | 16th century movement for religious reform, leading to the founding of Christian churches that rejected the pope's authority |
| Lutheran | A member of the Protestant church founded on the teachings of Martin Luther |
| Protestant | Member of a Christian church founded on the principles of the Reformation |
| Peace of Augsburg | A 1555 agreement declaring that the religion of each German state would be decided by its ruler |
| Annual | To cancel or set aside |
| Anglican | Relating to the Church of England |
| Predestination | Doctrine that God has decided all things beforehand, including which people will be eternally saved |
| Calvinism | Religious teaching based on the ideas of the reformer John Calvin |
| Theocracy | Government controlled by religious leaders |
| Presbyterian | Member of a Protestant church governed by presbyters (elders) and founded on the teachings of John Knox |
| Anabaptist | In the Reformation, a member of a Protestant group that believed in baptizing only those persons who were old enough to decide to be Christian and believed in the separation of church and state |
| Catholic Reformation | 16th Century movement in which the Roman Catholic Church sought to make changes in response to the Protestant Reformation |
| Jesuits | Members of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola |
| Council of Trent | Meeting of Roman Catholic leaders, called by Pope Paul III to rule on doctrines criticized by the Protestant reformers |
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