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7 Hist Ch 6 WS BJU
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Anabaptists | Protestants who insisted that only adult baptism conformed to Scripture |
| Bohemia | John Huss was a native of this country |
| Castiglione | Wrote The Courtier which was about education and manners. |
| Constantinople | the fall of this city contributed to a revival of learning in Europe |
| da Vinci | painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper |
| Edict of Nantes | document issued by Henry of Navarre that granted religious freedom in France |
| Erasmus | publisher of a Greek New Testament |
| excommunication | The taking away of a person's right of membership in a Christian church |
| Florence, Italy | Lorenzo de Medici was from this city |
| France | John Calvin was from this country. |
| Gothic Architecture | Characterized by pointed arches, high ceilings, flying buttresses, and large stained-glass windows |
| Huguenots | French Protestants |
| humanities | Areas of study that focus on human life and culture, such as history, literature, and ethics |
| In Praise of Folly | written by Erasmus, criticized the problems of the Church |
| indulgence | a pardon releasing a person from punishments due for a sin |
| Inquisition | A Roman Catholic tribunal for investigating and prosecuting charges of heresy |
| Italy | Country where the Renaissance began |
| Jesuits | Catholic religious order founded to stop the Reformation & reverse growth of Protestant converts |
| John Wycliffe | English scholar who argued that the Bible was the final authority for Christian life |
| Latin and Greek | the two languages people were learning and books were in written during the Renaissance |
| Leo X | Pope who authorized the sale of indulgences |
| Machiavelli | wrote The Prince |
| Martin Luther | a German monk who became one of the most famous critics of the Roman Chruch. In 1517, he wrote 95 theses, or statements of belief attacking the church practices. He was excommunicated by the church. |
| Michelangelo | Painted the Sistine Chapel |
| More | author of Utopia; he was an English official under Henry VIII |
| Ninety-Five Theses | Document written by Martin Luther and posted on a church door in Germany that listed 95 things that Luther saw wrong with the church |
| Petrarch | Father of Humanism |
| Pope Julius II | pope that Saint Peter did not welcome into heaven in Eramus' intro to the Greek New Testament |
| printing press | 15th century invention which revolutionized the ability to print information which in turn affected the speed of the spread of information itself. It was invented by Johannes Gutenberg. |
| Protestant | a member of a Christian church founded on the principles of the Reformation that began in Germany |
| rebirth | Definition of Renaissance |
| recant | to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract |
| Renaissance Architecture | Characterized by colums, round arches, the tunnel vault and the dome. |
| Renaissance education | type of education whose goal is to encourage students to become interested in different subjects |
| Renaissance Sculpture | back to concepts of Greek & Roman classics - marble, nude, accurate body |
| Romans 1:17 "The just shall live by faith" | scripture that led to Luther's salvation |
| Switzerland | civil war began in this country between those loyal to Rome and those loyal to the Reformation |
| The Thirty Years' War | last great religious war in Europe |
| transubstantiation | Roman Church belief that the bread and wine actually become the body and blood of Christ. |
| Zwingli | Swiss theologian whose sermons began the Reformation in Switzerland (1484-1531) |
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