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Renaissance and Reformation Terms- Hall

TermDefinition
Renaissance rebirth
Humanism an approach to life based on reason and our common humanity
Florence capital of Italy
Patron person who gives financial support to another
Leonardo Da Vinci He was anItalian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect; the most versatile genius of the Italian Renaissance (1452-1519)
Mona Lisa Most famous portrait painting by Leonardo DaVinci
Last Supper Painting of the last supper before Christ was crucified
Renaissance Man Educated man who has studied many subjects
Sistine Chapel Ceiling painted by Michelango
Gutenberg Printing Press Gutenberg first created a metal type machine that pressed inked surface to transfer ink into paper
Gutenberg Bible The first book created using the Gutenberg Printing Press
Michealango He created the sculpture called David
Sistine Chapel Frescoes Painted scenes on the Sistine Chapel ceiling
Martin Luther He was a priest of the Roman Catholic Church, began the Reformation by posting his Ninety-five Theses
95 Theses a list of Martin Luther's church critisms
English Parliament responsible for making laws, deciding taxes and scrutinizing the government.
Act of Supremecy English act of Parliament that recognized Henry VIII as the “Supreme Head of the Church of England.” The act also required an oath of loyalty from English subjects that recognized his marriage to Anne Boleyn.
Erasmus He was a Humanist who was the greatest scholar of the northern Renaissance, the first editor of the New Testament
Protestant a member or follower of any of the Western Christian churches that are separate from the Roman Catholic Church and follow the principles of the Reformation, including the Baptist, Presbyterian, and Lutheran churches.
Dante He was a poet, writer, political thinker, a Medieval Italian poet and philosopher whose poetic trilogy, The Divine Comedy, made a lasting impression on both literature and theology.
Machiavelli He was anItalian Renaissance political philosopher and statesman, secretary of the Florentine republic, whose most famous work, The Prince
Elizabeth 1 She was the long-ruling queen of England, governing with relative stability and prosperity for 44 years.
Petrarch He was an Italian scholar and poet in Renaissance Italy, who was one of the earliest humanists
Jesuits Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order of priests
John Calvin In the first five years of his rule in Geneva, 58 people were executed and 76 exiled for their religious beliefs.
Council of Trent It played an important part in determining the outcome of the Counter-Reformation. Along with the part played by the Jesuits
Johannes Guttenburg He was the first to develop movable type(printing press) in 1450
Venice The capital of northern Italy and is built on more than 100 small islands in a lagoon in the Adriatic Sea. It has no roads, just canals lined with Renaissance and Gothic palaces.
Italy Capital and largest city inRome
Apprentice someone who works for a skilled or qualified person in order to learn a trade or profession
Milan a metropolis (city) in Italy's northern region, is a global capital of fashion and design.
Reformation a 16th-century movement for the reform of abuses in the Roman Catholic Church ending in the establishment of the Reformed and Protestant Churches
Secular Worldly view.
Henry VIII English King who helped England break away from Catholicism and the Pope because he wanted a divorce/annulment because he wanted an heir
Bubonic Plague Black Death, killed one third to one half of European population in the 14th Century
Crusades Christian expeditions to regain the Holy Land. Holy Wars. "Spark of the Renaissance"
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