Key Terms
What was the list of Martin Luther’s key arguments against the church?
The Ninety-five thesis
Who invented the printing press?
Johannes Gutenberg
What was the relationship between Martin Luther and Ignatius?
Both experienced near death experiences which made them feel that they were called to God to reform the Church.
To change or remake something
Reform/Reformation
The printing press allowed for mass distribution of what book?
The Bible
Created the telescope
Galileo Galilei
To change religions
Convert
What role did the Chinese and Koreans play in the printing press?
The Chinese and Koreans had used a form of moveable type hundreds of years earlier. Gutenberg simply improved it.
The society that helped reform the Catholic Church
The Society of Jesus, The Jesuits
The meeting of Catholic church leaders that put through many reforms
Council of Trent
Two benefits of the printing press for society
Allowed more people to have access to books. Allowed more books to be created in a shorter amount of time
Who was Nicolaus Copernicus?
Polish astronomer whose theory that Earth and other planets revolve around the Sun provided the foundation for modern astronomy. His model displaced earlier theories that positioned Earth at the center of the solar system with all objects orbiting it.
The church based in Rome with the Pope at its head
The Catholic Church
How were books created before the printing press?
They were written manually by monks, which sometimes took months or years.
Person given the credit of initiating the Reformation Movement
Martin Luther