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WH Ch. 15
WH Ch. 15 Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Renaissance | a period of European history, lasting from about 1300 to 1600, during which renewed interest in classical culture let to far-reaching changes in art, learning, and views of the world |
| 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 |
| patron | a person who supports artists, especially financially |
| perspective | an artistic technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat surface |
| vernacular | the everyday language of people in a region or country |
| utopia | an imaginary land described by Thomas More in his book Utopia - hence, an ideal place |
| William Shakespeare | most famous writer of the Elizabethan Age |
| Johann Gutenberg | a craftsman who invented the printing press |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Peace of Augsburg | a 1555 agreement declaring that the religion of each German state would be decided by its ruler |
| annul | to cancel or set aside |
| Anglican | relating to the Church of England |
| 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 rht reformer John Calvin |
| theocracy | a government controlled by religious leaders |
| Presbyterian | a 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 | a 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 | a meeting of Roman Catholic leaders, called by Pope Paul III to rule on doctrines criticized by the Protestant reformers |