Flashcards: The Renaissance
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kjunik on September 20, 2011
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Salty Cracker, BASIS Oro Valley Class of 2017, All around High-School study, WORLD HISTORY, Mr. Junik's History Class
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Renaissance | rebirth of learning |
| humanism | the cultural movement of the Renaissance |
| secular | non-religious |
| Machiavelli | Renaissance writer who wrote the book "The Prince". |
| Leonardo de Medici | Wealthy merchant and patron of the arts |
| Raphael | painted the School of Athens |
| Johannes Gutenberg | invented the printing press |
| Desidarius Erasmus | wrote The Praise of Folly |
| Sir Thomas More | wrote "Utopia" |
| William Shakespeare | English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers |
| Jan van Eyck | Flemish painter who focused on landscapes and everyday life |
| Protestant Reformation | a religious movement that began as an effort to reform the Catholic Church |
| indulgences | fee paid to church to guarantee you less time in purgatory |
| Martin Luther | German monk and leader of the Protestant Reformation |
| theocracy | government run by religious leaders |
| John Calvin | religious reformer who believed in predestination and a strict sense of morality for society |
| predestination | Calvin's religious theory that God has already planned out a person's life. |
| annul | declare invalid |
| counter reformation | catholic church's attempt to stop the protestant movement and to Strengthen the Catholic Church |
| jesuits | a religious order created to serve the pope and the church |
| Council of Trent | a meeting of Roman Catholic leaders, called by Pope Paul III to rule on doctrines criticized by the Protestant reformers |
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