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Chapter 17
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Renaissance | A period of European history, lasting from about 1300 to 1600, during which renewed interest in classical culture led to far-reaching changes in art, learning, and views of the world. |
| Looking to Greece and Rome Renaissance scholars looked down on the art and literature of the Middle Ages. Instead, they wanted to return to the learning of the _________________. | Greek and Roman knowledge |
| Humanism | A Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements. |
| Secular | Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters. |
| "Utopia" means what in English? | No place |
| The most famous writer of the Elizabethan Age was ___________. | William Shakespeare |
| John Gutenberg improved the _______________. | printing press system |
| One of the changes in art was | Paintings and sculptures portrayed individuals and nature in more realistic and lifelike ways. |
| Indulgence | A pardon releasing a person from punishments due for a sin. |
| Reformation | A 16th-century movement for religious reform, leading to the founding of Christian churches that rejected the pope’s authority. |
| One of Luther's teachings was | All Church teachings should be clearly based on the words of the Bible. Both the pope and Church traditions were false authorities. |
| Lutheran | A member of a Protestant church founded on the teachings of Martin Luther. |
| Protestant | A member of a Christian church founded on the principles of the Reformation. |
| Predestination | The doctrine that God has decided all things beforehand, including which people will be eternally saved. |
| Calvinism | A body of religious teachings based on the ideas of the reformer John Calvin. |
| Theocracy | A government controlled by religious leaders. |
| Francis I, Marguerite of Navarre, protected ________ from being executed for his beliefs while he lived in France. | John Calvin |
| Catholic Reformation | A 16th century movement in which the Roman Catholic Church sought to make changes in response to the Protestant Reformation. |
| Members of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola are called_______. | Jesuits |
| The ________________ itself became more unified as a result of the reforms started at the Council of Trent. | Roman Catholic Church |
| As the Catholic Church’s moral and political authority declined, individual __________________ gained power. | monarchs and states |
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