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Renaissance 9th
9th Grade Assignment on Renaissance vocab words
Question | Answer |
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Renaissance | The activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world. |
Humanism | Intellectual movement. Believers studied culture of Greek and Rome to improve knowledge of their own times. Many were devout Christians, but studied worldly topics instead of religion. |
Renaissance Man | Someone who is multi-talented and well-rounded. |
Patron | Financial Supporter |
Realism | Nineteenth-century artistic movement whose aim was to represent the world as it is |
Protestant | An adherent of any of those Christian bodies that separated from the Church of Rome during the Reformation-not Catholic or Anglican |
Reformation | The religious movement in the 16th century that had for its object the reform of the Roman Catholic Church |
Vernacular | Everyday language of ordinary people |
Indulgences | Catholic idea-a lessening of the time a soul would have to spend in purgatory for an action |
Heretic | A baptized Roman Catholic who willfully and persistently rejects any article of faith. |
Excommunicated | Being excluded from the Roman Catholic Church as a penalty for refusing to obey Church law |
Inquisition | An official investigation, esp. one of a political or religious nature, characterized by lack of regard for individual rights, prejudice on the part of the examiners, and recklessly cruel punishments. |
Anti-Semitism | Prejudice against Jews |