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Renaissa Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Renaissance | Time period of learning and arts in Europe during 1300-1600 |
| Humanism | Focus on the potential of people and on life here on earth rather than the afterlife in heaven |
| Renaissance Man | Person who is skilled in many areas |
| Patron | Person who supports the arts |
| Realism | Details in art like wrinkles and muscles |
| Protestant | Person/group who disagreed with the Catholic Church Reformation. The time period when people left the Catholic Church and left to set their own Christian churches |
| Vernacular | Everyday language of the people e.g. The Bible being written in German instead of Latin |
| Indulgences | Payment to Catholic Church for forgiveness of sins |
| Heretic | Person who disagrees with accepted belief |
| Excommunicated | Kicked out of the Catholic Church |
| Inquisition | Time period when the Catholic Church looked for and punished people who disagreed with it |
| Anti-Semitism | Hatred of people of Jewish religion |