| Term | Definition |
|---|
| 95 Thesis | The 95 complaints about the church. Written by martin luther. |
| William Shakespeare | He was one of the most famous play writers of all time. Many of his plays are still used today. |
| Printing Press | A machine made to create books and articles without having to write them. This increased book production ten fold. Created by Johannes Gutenberg. |
| Huldrich Zwingli | A leader of the Reformation in Switzerland. A started the reform church. |
| Leonardo DiVinici Last Super | It was on the back of the wall at Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan. It shows the apostle and there reaction to Jesus telling them that one will betray him. |
| Thomas More Utopia | It was a book that was about the perfect place |
| King Henry VIII | Was king since he was 18. He had six wives. Killed two of them and divorced the other four. |
| Sandro Botticelli The Birth of Venus | It was Goddess Venus coming out of the water being born as a full grown woman. Painted for Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco. |
| Michaelangelo | He painted many important things, and made many sculptures. He painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel |
| Church Of England | Henry VIII made this church so he could get a divorce..It was similar to the Catholic church |
| John Calvin | He was a part of reformation, and brought new ideas such as: Laughing is allowed |
| Medici Family | A rich and powerful family. Thay had many dukes, and church leaders in their family. The made Florence beautiful |
| Pope Leo X | Was Pope from 1513 until death. He is known primarily for the sale of indulgences to reconstruct St. Peter's Basilica and his challenging of Martin Luther's 95 theses. |
| Vittoria Colona | Woman writer who gained fame during the Renaissance usually wrote about personal subjects not politics. She exchanged sonnets with Michaelangelo. |
| Lutheranism | Instead of continuing to seek reforms in the catholic church Luther and his followers became a seperate religous group called Lutherans. |
| Francios Rabelais | A major French Renaissance writer, doctor and Renaissance humanist. He has historically been regarded as a writer of fantasy, satire, the grotesque, and both bawdy jokes and songs. |
| Peace of Augsburg | There the princes agreed that each ruler would decide the religion of his state. |
| Council of Trent | At the council Catholic bishops and cardinals agreed on several doctrines. |
| Jesuits | The Jesuits focused on finding schools, convert non Christians to Catholicism, and stopping the spread of Protestantism. |
| Presbyterians | They were member of a Protestant church and followed by John Knox, which he put Calvin's ideas to use. |
| Diet of Worms | An assembly of the Imperial States of the Holy Roman Empire held at Worms, Germany |
| Queen Elizabeth I | Queen of England that brought peace between Protestants and Catholics in England |
| Anabaptists | A Protestant group persecuted by Catholics and other Protestants |
| the Inquisition | A charge against heretics of the Catholic Church |
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