A period of rebirth between the 1300’s and 1500’s when people believed in personal achievement and learned from the Romans and Greeks. Believed in creativity and viewed the world in a new way.

A way of thinking where people studied the Greek and Roman Empire during the Renaissance. They used this knowledge to help them understand their own world. They believed in good education which would lead to creativity and new discoveries.

Define: Renaissance Man

A person who was creative in many fields and made many new discoveries. They were all-rounded in their knowledge and included Michelangelo and Da Vinci. They had all the traits the Renaissance expected of people during the time.

Someone who financially supports advances in the arts and encourages it. A sponsor of creativity during the Renaissance.

Techniques used to make a painting or sculpture appear to be more lifelike and three-dimensional using new techniques during the Renaissance. These included shading, new paints, and using geometry to add depth.

The group of Lutherans, who opposed the Pope and the teachings of the church during the Renaissance because they didn’t believe in all the corruption of the church. Another name for the Lutherans, who followed Martin Luther’s thinking and beliefs.

A movement or change in religious beliefs sparked by Martin Luther and his followers, who believed a change in Christianity was necessary. They wanted to change the way religion worked and created the Protestants to revolt against the Church.

The common, everyday language of someone during the Renaissance, written in a way so that the middle class of the Renaissance could understand it and not just the humanists.

A cleansing of all the sins someone has committed in their lives, which the Church granted to people during the Renaissance. During the 1400’s, it could also be bought instead of earned.

A person who has beliefs different than what the church believes to be true.

Define: Excommunicated

Taking away the right to enter church again and not being allowed to ever come back, as decided by a pope. This is for breaking some church laws.

A court ruled by the church to try those people who were convicted of having beliefs different than what the church believed. For instance, Galileo was tried before the Inquisition for his beliefs that the Earth moved around the Sun.

Define: Anti-Semitism

Having a prejudice against the Jews, who were forced to move to the ghetto’s and were persecuted during the Renaissance.

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Define: Renaissance	A period of rebirth between the 1300’s and 1500’s when people believed in personal achievement and learned from the Romans and Greeks. Believed in creativity and viewed the world in a new way.
Define: Humanism	A way of thinking where people studied the Greek and Roman Empire during the Renaissance. They used this knowledge to help them understand their own world. They believed in good education which would lead to creativity and new discoveries.
Define: Renaissance Man	A person who was creative in many fields and made many new discoveries. They were all-rounded in their knowledge and included Michelangelo and Da Vinci. They had all the traits the Renaissance expected of people during the time.
Define: Patron	Someone who financially supports advances in the arts and encourages it. A sponsor of creativity during the Renaissance.
Define: Realism	Techniques used to make a painting or sculpture appear to be more lifelike and three-dimensional using new techniques during the Renaissance. These included shading, new paints, and using geometry to add depth.
Define: Protestant	The group of Lutherans, who opposed the Pope and the teachings of the church during the Renaissance because they didn’t believe in all the corruption of the church. Another name for the Lutherans, who followed Martin Luther’s thinking and beliefs.
Define: Reformation	A movement or change in religious beliefs sparked by Martin Luther and his followers, who believed a change in Christianity was necessary. They wanted to change the way religion worked and created the Protestants to revolt against the Church.
Define: Vernacular	The common, everyday language of someone during the Renaissance, written in a way so that the middle class of the Renaissance could understand it and not just the humanists.
Define: Indulgences	A cleansing of all the sins someone has committed in their lives, which the Church granted to people during the Renaissance. During the 1400’s, it could also be bought instead of earned.
Define: Heretic	A person who has beliefs different than what the church believes to be true.
Define: Excommunicated	Taking away the right to enter church again and not being allowed to ever come back, as decided by a pope. This is for breaking some church laws.
Define: Inquisition	A court ruled by the church to try those people who were convicted of having beliefs different than what the church believed. For instance, Galileo was tried before the Inquisition for his beliefs that the Earth moved around the Sun.
Define: Anti-Semitism	Having a prejudice against the Jews, who were forced to move to the ghetto’s and were persecuted during the Renaissance.

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