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Ren. & Reform bvick.
Chapter 17 - Renaissance and Reformation
| Answer | Clue |
|---|---|
| Renaissance | period of renewed interest in art and learning in Europe |
| Secular | interested in worldly rather than religious matters |
| Diplomacy | the art of negotiating with other countries |
| Humanism | renaissance movement based on the values of the ancient Greeks and Romans, such as that individuals and human society were important |
| Vernacular | everyday language used in a country or region |
| Reformation | movement to reform the Catholic Church; led to the creation of Protestantism |
| Indulgence | pardon from the church for a person’s sins |
| Denomination | an organized branch of Christianity |
| Theology | the study or religion and God |
| Predestination | belief that no matter what a person does, the outcome of his or her life is already planned by God |
| Seminary | school for training and educating priests and ministers |
| Heresy | belief that differs from or contradicts the accepted teachings or religion |
| Annul | to cancel |
| Venice | Important city state during the Renaissance; home of the Polo family |
| Florence | Important city state during the Renaissance; home of the Medici family |
| MarcoPolo | a merchant and adventurer that traveled to China; published books about his travels |
| Medici | Rich banking family from Florence |
| NiccoloMachiavelli | Florence diplomat that wrote a political playbook called The Prince |
| DanteAlighieri | writer of The Divine Comedy; a poem in vernacular language |
| JohannesGutenberg | developed the printing press with movable metal type; produced the first Bible in mass |
| LeonardoDaVinci | The Renaissance Man; scientist, inventor, painter, sculptor; created the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper |
| MichelangeloBuonarroti | great Renaissance artist; painted the Sistine Chapel in Rome and sculpted the statue of David |
| WilliamShakespeare | English writer; Hamlet, MacBeth, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, etc. |
| Flanders | Renaissance city that developed oil painting |
| Wittenburg | town in Germany where Martin Luther taught |
| Geneva | city in Switzerland controlled by John Calvin; a powerful Protestant city |
| MartinLuther | challenged the Roman Catholic Church with his 95 Theses |
| DesideriusErasmus | leader of Christian Humanism; wrote that humans could use their reason to become better Christians |
| JohnCalvin | advanced the idea of predestination |
| Trent | city near Rome, where Catholics had a council to make their beliefs clear |
| IgnatiusOfLoyola | founder of the Jesuits |
| HenryOfNavarre | Leader of the Huguenot forces; head of the Bourbon family; became King Henry IV of France |
| HenryVIII | King of England; started the Church of England (Anglican Church) when the pope refused to give him a divorce from Catherine |
| MaryI | wanted to make England Catholic after Henry VIII’s death; she has a crimson nickname |
| ElizabethI | Mary I’s half |
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