TWH Review #19
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soccermaniac3372 on March 16, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Marco Polo | Italian trader. Served as government official in Kublai Khan's court. traveled to China and later wrote about his journey. |
| Renaissance | means "rebirth" and refers to the period that followed Europe's middle ages |
| humanism | a way of thinking and learning that stresses the importance of human abilities and actions |
| Dante Alighieri | Italian Renaissance poet, wrote "The Divine Comedy" in Italian Language |
| Niccolo Machiavelli | Italian writer and politician, he wrote "The Prince" in which advised leaders how to rule |
| Michaelangelo | Italian Renaissance artist, he designed buildings, wrote poetry, and created sculptures and paintings |
| Leonardo da Vinci | genius of the Renaissance, he was a painter, sculptor, inventor, engineer, town planner, and mapmaker |
| classical | refering to the cultures of ancient Greece or Rome |
| Catholic Reformation | efforts to stop the spread of Protestantism and to reform the Catholic Church from within |
| federalism | the sharing of power between local and central governments |
| affect | change or influence |
| agreement | decision by two or more people |
| John Calvin | Christian reformer, taught about predestination, living good lives, and obeying God's laws |
| Jesuits | a religious order created to serve the pope and church |
| Petrarch | early Italian Renaissance scholar, he wrote about the importance of knowing history |
| Johann Gutenburg | German printer, developed a printing press that used movable type |
| Christian humanism | a blend of humanist and religious ideas |
| Desiderius Erasmus | Dutch priest, published "Praise the Folly" in which he criticized corrupt clergy. His criticisms helped the Protestant Reformation |
| Albrecht Durer | German Renaissance artist, famous for his prints and woodcuts |
| Miguel de Cervantes | Spanish writer, wrote "Don Quixote" |
| William Shakespeare | English Renaissance writer and playwrite, he is considered by many to be the greatest English writer of all time |
| Reformation | a reform movement against the Roman Catholic Church |
| Martin Luther | German priest credited with starting the Reformation, nailed a list of complaints about the Catholic Church to a church door in Wittenburg, Germany |
| Protestants | people who protested against the Roman Catholic Church |
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