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study cards on renaissance
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Renaissance | Rebirth |
| Humanism | An intellectual movement at the heart of the Renaissance that focused on education and the classics |
| Renaissance man | A man having varied interests and expertise in several ereas |
| Patron | A person who provides finanical support for the arts |
| Realism | Nineteenth-century artist movement whose aim was to represent the world as it is |
| Protestant | A Christan belonging to sect descending from those that seceded from the Church of Rome during the reformation |
| Reformation | Movement leading to separation of the Protestant churches from the Roman Catholic Church |
| Vernacular | Everyday language of ordinary people |
| Indulgences | In the Roman Catholic Church, pardon for sins committed during a person's lifetime |
| Heretic | One who publicly opposes the officially accepted dogma of the Roman Catholic Church |
| Excommunicated | Exclusion from the Roman Catholic Church as a penalty for refusing to obey Church law |
| Inquisition | A Church court set up to try people accused of heresy |
| Anti-Semitism | Prejudice against Jews |