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Ch.15
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Renaissance | Rebirth; a movement that centered on the revival of interest in classical learning |
| humanism | Intellectual movement during the Renaissance that focused on studying worldly subjects |
| secular | Having to do with worldly, as opposed to religious, matters |
| Baldassure Castiglione | Italian diplomat and writer; wrote The Courtier |
| Niccoló Machiavelli | Italian political philosopher and statesman; wrote The Prince |
| Lorenzo de Medici | Italian poet and Florentine ruler; supported some of the most talented artists of the era |
| Leonardo da Vinci | Italian painter,sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, and scientist; painted the Mona Lisa |
| Michelangelo Buonarroti | Italian Renaissance sculptor, architect, poet, and painter; painting the Sistine Chapel |
| Raphael | Italian Renaissance painter; painted frescos |
| Johannes Gutenburg | German inventor and printer; invented movable type |
| Desiderius Erasmus | Dutch priest and humanist: wrote on the need for a pure and simple Christian life |
| Sir Thomas More | English statesman and author; wrote Utopia |
| William Shakespeare | English dramatist and poet; wrote Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, etc. |
| Christine de Pisan | French poet and author; wrote The City of Women |
| Albrecht Dürer | German painter, engraver, and theoretician; combined Italian and Northern Renaissance elements |
| Jan van Eyck | Flemish painter; His works focused on landscapes and domestic life |
| Protestant Reformation | Religious movement that split the church in western Europe and led to the establishment of many churches |
| indulgences | pardons issued by the pope that could reduce a soul´s time in purgatory |
| Martin Luther | German monk; protested against the church and started the Reformation |
| theocracy | Government run by religious leaders |
| John Calvin | French Protestant theologian; founded Calvinism |
| predestination | Belief that God chose who would be saved at the beginning of time |
| Henry VIII | King of England; six wives |
| annulled | Declared invalid based on church laws |
| Elizabeth I | Queen of England; skillful politician and diplomat |
| Counter-Reformation | Catholic church´s series of reforms in response to the spread of Protestantism |
| Jesuits | Members of a catholic religious order, the Society |
| Ignatius of Loyola | Spanish churchman; founder of Jesuits |
| Council of Trent | Meeting of church leaders whose purpose was to clearly define Catholic doctrines |
| Charles Borromeo | Archbishop of Milan; took steps to implement reforms |
| Francis of Sales | French Roman Catholic leader and preacher; worked to win back Savoy |
| Teresa of Avila | Spanish nun |
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