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WORLD HIST UNIT 5
Renaissance, Reformation, and Revolution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Renaissance | fervent period of cultural, artistic, political and economic “rebirth” following the Middle Ages |
| Reformation | religious movement marked ultimately by rejection or modification of some Roman Catholic doctrine and establishment of the Protestant churches |
| Guilds | group of craftsmen or merchants formed for mutual aid and protection and for the furtherance of their professional interests |
| Michelangelo | Painter, sculptor, and architect of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Among many achievements in a life of nearly ninety years including sculptor of David |
| Da Vinci | Versatile genius painter, engineer, musician, and scientist, filled notebooks with engineering and scientific observations that were in some cases centuries ahead of their time |
| Botticelli | painter of mythological and religious paintings throughout the Renaissance period |
| Realism | the accurate, detailed, unembellished depiction of nature or of contemporary life, rejects imaginative idealization |
| Indulgences | a distinctive feature of the penitential system of both the Western medieval and the Roman Catholic Church that granted full or partial remission of the punishment of sin |
| 95 Thesis | A formal statement attacking the sale of indulgences and the Roman Catholic Church |
| Henry VIII | King of England, formed the Church of England, had 6 wives, beheaded Anne Boelyn |
| Elizabeth I | Protestantism became dominant under the throne intensified the rivalry between England and Spain, encouraged by her English buccaneers swarming out to sea to promote Protestantism |
| Martin Luther | German monk who lead the reformation because he didn't believe sins could be paid off |
| Copernicus | scientist who discovered heliocentric model which is the sun in middle of solar system |
| Galileo | proved Copernicus was correct about heliocentric solar system and improved telescope |
| Kepler | prove that the earth moved in an elliptical, not circular, orbit; Wrote 3 laws of planetary motion based on mechanical relationships and accurately predicted movements of planets |
| Newton | scientist and mathematician who notably discovered gravity |
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