History Chapter 15

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Bladassare Castiglione

Italian diplomat writer, he wrote The Courtier one of the most important books of the Rennaissance.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Italian political philosopher and salesman, he wrote the Prince which advised rulers to separate morals from politics

Lorenzo de Medici

Florentine ruler; he supported some of the most talented Renaissance artists. He is known fro his patronage and liberal mind

Lenardo da Vinci

was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived; painted Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Italian Renaissance sculptor, architect, painter, and poet; he scupleted the Pieta and the David and he painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

Italian Renaissance painter; he painted frescos, his most famous being the School of Athens

Rebirth; Following the middle ages a movement that centered on the reicical of the interest in classical learning of Greece and Rome

an intellectual movement during the Renaissance that focused on the study of wordly subjects such as poetry and philosphy, and on human potential and achievements

having to do with wordly as opposed to religious matters

Johannes Gutenburg

german incentor and printer; he invented the movable type

Desiderius Erasmus

dutch priest and humanist; he wrote on the need for a pure and cimple christian life.

Sir Thomas More

english statesman and author; he wrote utopia, which describes an ideal society.

William Shakespeare

english dramatist and poet; he is considered one of the greatest dramatist of all time and wrote such works as Romea and juliet.

Christine de Pisan

french poet and author; her work the city of women discusses the role of women in society

german painter, engraver. and theorectician; he combined italian renaissance techniques of realsim and perspective with elements unique to the northern renaissance, such as the se of oils in his paintings.

flemish painter; his paintings focused on landscapes and domestic life and fused the everyaday with the religious.

pardon sold by catholic church to reduce one's punishment

a German monk who became one of the most famous critics of the Roman Catholic Chruch. In 1517, he wrote 95 theses, or statements of belief attacking the church practices.

government run by religious leaders

French humanist whose theological writings profoundly influenced religious thoughts of Europeans. Developed Calvinism at Geneva. Wrote Institutes of Christian Religion

the belief that what happens in human life has already been determined by some higher power

English king who created the Church of England after the Pope refused to annul his marriage (divorce with Church approval)

declared invalid based on church laws

This queen of England chose a religion between the Puritans and Catholics and required her subjects to attend church or face a fine. She also required uniformity and conformity to the Church of England

Counter- Reformation

catholic church's attempt to stop the protestant movement and to Strengthen the Catholic Church

Also known as the Society of Jesus; founded by Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) as a teaching and missionary order to resist the spread of Protestantism.

an ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church convened in Trento in three sessions between 1545 and 1563 in response to the Reformation

Ignatius of Loyola

Spaniard and Roman Catholic theologian and founder of the Society of Jesus

Charles Borromeo

Archbishop of milan who wanted better educated priests

Francis of Sales

got protestant areas of France to come back to the Church

Teresa of Avila

(1515-1582) Spanish Carmelite nun and one of the principal saints of the Roman Catholic Church; she reformed the Carmelite order. Her fervor for the Catholic Church proved inspiring for many people during the Reformation period.

protestant refermation

a reform movement

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