The Renaissance
Italian city-states launched the Renaissance because trade brought them abundant ________.
Wealth
This German monk believed that the Catholic church was corrupt and needed change.
Martin Luther
This is the russian name for a king or ruler.
czar or tsar
What does CRQ stand for?
Constructed Response Question
This innovation created by Johannes Gutenburg made it easier to spread ideas and even led to the success of the Protestant Reformation.
The Printing Press
The Renaissance is often described as the “________” of Greco-Roman ideas.
rebirth
Certificates sold to raise church money that promised remission of sin punishments.
Indulgences
Latin slogan “A Deo Rex, A Rege Lex” illustrates this theory that a king’s power comes from God.
Divine Right to Rule
The reason or motive for an author to create a document.
Purpose
This philosophy created during the Renaissance believed that humanity should prioritize learning and study secular subjects like logic, reason, history, and science.
Humanism
Rich individuals or families who financed artists and architects held this title.
Patrons
The name of the document nailed to the church door in protest in 1517, which contained all the reasons the Church was corrupt.
95 Theses
This characteristic of absolute monarchs refers to how a leader uses the military.
Protect and Expand the State
The background circumstances surrounding an event or idea.
historical context
In Niccolo Machiavelli's book "The Prince" who is the audience to which he says that it is "better to be feared than loved."
Rulers
This banking family of Florence became the era’s leading patrons of the arts
The Medici Family
According to Luther, salvation is achieved through _______ alone.
Faith
Louis XIV’s palace at Versailles is a prime example of this absolutist characteristic.
Extravagent Displays of Wealth
The author's opinion or perspective regarding the topic about which they wrote the document.
Point of View
Long-term effect of the printing press on European society besides spreading new ideas.
Increased Literacy
Leonardo da Vinci is nicknamed a “________ ____” because he excelled in art, science, and engineering.
Renaissance Man
Collectively, Luther, Calvin, and Henry VIII triggered this overall trend in Catholic authority.
A decline in the power of the Catholic Church
By shaving and taxing beards, this Russian ruler asserted control over the nobility.
Peter the Great
Turning Point
Protest and Reform