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Renaissance Vocab 1
Question | Answer |
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a period of time rebirth and creativity in art, writing, and thought from about A.D. 1300 to 1600, beginning in Italy and eventually spreading throughout Europe | renaissance |
belief that humans can achieve anything they desire | humanism |
renaissance style of art that shows people and nature as they truly are | realism |
member of the highest class in Italian city states | patrician |
person who gives money to scholars and artist | patron |
worldly, non-religious | secular |
rule by king or queen | monarchy |
to persuade a person to adopt a new religion or belief | convert |
a binding agreement | covenant |
sharing of between an organization and its members | federalism |
a division in the Roman Catholic Church from 1378-1417 | great schism |
a pardon for sin granted by the Roman Catholic church | indulgence |
a court established by the Catholic Church in 1542 to investigate people who may have strayed from Roman Catholic faith and to strengthen the Church | inquisition |