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Chapter 15--The Italian Renaissance

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Renaissance
the rebirth--it was a philosophical and artistic movement
Humanists
Scholars who based their studies on Greek and Roman literature, grammar, history & poetry
Francesco Petrarch
An Italian Renaissance Humanist and autho of Sonnets to Laura which was his imaginary "ideal woman"
Niccolo Machiavelli
A Florentine diplomate and historian. Author of The Prince. He was a Humanist
The Prince
Book about how a ruler should govern his subjects
Leonardo da Vinci
Great Renaissance painter, scientist, engineer, and sculptor. His love of science came out in his artwork.
Michelangelo
Artist known for the frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican called the Creation of Adam
Johannes Gutenberg
Influenced the spread of ideas by printing with moveable type. Printed copies of the Bible.
Desiderius Erasmus
Was from Holland and used the techniques of the Italian humanists to study and critize the Christian Church
The Praise of Folly
Erasmus most famous book; ridiculed ignorance, superstition, and vice among Christians
Thomas More
English humanist who wrote Utopia, ideal society. He was made a saint by the Catholic Church.
William Shakespeare
Popular playwright of the Northern Renaissance. Portrayed personality and human emotion in timeless plays
Pieter Brueghel
paintings showed everyday peasant life; used to critize the intolerance and cruelty he saw
Protestant Reformation
Religious revolution; Supporters of the Reformation pulled away from the Catholic Church because they thought the church was more focused on money and power than religious beliefs
Indulgences
to buy pardons for punishment for their sins; method of raising money..if you give the church money they will get rid of your sin
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