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Key Terms List
Renaissance Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Humanisim | Intelectual movement that occured at the heart of the Renaissance. |
| Patron | Financial supporter of the arts |
| Realism | Gives paintings the effect that it is really occuring, through various painting techniques. |
| Reformation | During the 16th century when some people began to break away from the Roman Catholic Church. As a result the Protestant Church came to be formed. |
| Protestant | The name for the people who "protested" the authority of the Catholic Church. |
| Renaissance Man | A individual that was talented and well rounded. |
| Indulgences | Sold by the clergy, and through the purchase of it it was belived that the person's sould would spend less time in the purgatory. |
| Renaissance | A prosperous time in which change took place in various catagories that included culture, politics, social life, and the economy. |
| Vernacular | Language that is native to the region |
| Excommunicated | A harsh punishment that the Catholic Church gives to a person that has comitted a serious sin that goes against the Catholic Church's morals. The person is unable to take part in the sacremental life of the Church. |
| Inquisition | A court that is set up to investigate a case. |
| Heretic | A person that is part of the Catholic Church and later on begins to state their opinion that goes against the Church's point of view. |
| Anti-Semitism | To discriminate the Jews for one reason or another. |