Literal Meaning of Renaissance
Rebirth
What prevented Northern Europe from starting the renaissance in the 1300’s?
The Black Death
What is an indulgence?
A pardon from sin
Henry III was king of what country?
France
Who taught that the earth is the center of the universe?
Ptolemy
A person with talents and skills in many fields is what?
Renaissance Man
What year did the Renaissance begin in Northern Europe?
1450
What happened to John Hus who taught the same things as wycliffe?
Burned at the stake.
What belief did the Anabaptist have that made them different from other sects?
Anti baptizing babies
What force allows planets to move around the sun?
Gravity
What subjects make up the humanities?
Grammar, Rhetoric, Poetry and History
What city did the Renaissance begin in Northern Europe?
Flanders
What is another word for the 95 theses?
Arguments
Why did King Henry VIII want to break from the Catholic Church?
So he could annual marriage/ get divorced.
Alchemy would later transform into?
Chemistry
When did the Renaissance begin in Italy?
1350.
Flanders would be in what present day countries?
France, Belgium and The Netherlands
What events caused Martin Luther to become a monk?
Scared by lightning storm
What happened to Sir Thomas More?
He was burned at stake then Canonized.
What is Ellipse
The oval shape that planets move in.
Who funded the Renaissance?
Wealthy Merchants
What was Pieter Bruegel's nickname?
Peasant Bruegel
What is John Wycliffe best remembered for?
Translating the bible to Greek
What sects of christianity can trace their ancestry to the anabaptist?
Miniate, Amish, and Baptist
At 24 this man came up with a theory about why the planets move like they do:
Isaac Newton
What city would come to symbolize the Renaissance?
Florence
Albrecht Dürers nickname was?
The German Leonardo
What happened in Wittenberg that made Luther angry with the church
Jon Tetzel selling indulgences for the dead.
What was Bloody Mary's real last name?
Tudor
The first person to see mountains on the moon?
Galileo Galilee
This family's bank helped Florence grow?
The Medici's
German painter who trained in Italy?
Albrecht Durer
What does diet mean?
A meeting of German Princes
Who started the Catholic Reformation?
Pope Paul III
This scientist found evidence to support the heliocentric idea:
Tycho Brahe
Who was the best known Medici?
Lorenzo the magnificent
Desiderus Erasmus translated the bible from Latin to what
Greek
What type of government did John Calvin Establish?
Theocracy
Who founded the Jesuits?
Ignatius of Loyola
Polish scholar who wrote the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres?
Nicholas Copernicus
This medici family member would take over the Florentine Government?
Cosimo de Medici
Erasmus wanted the bible translated into what?
Vernacular
What does Predestination mean?
How did Martin Luther handle Jews in Europe?
Said they should be expelled and synagogues burned down
Two men who devoted themselves to finding the truth:
Francis Bacon & Rene Descartes
What is a Patron
Someone that financially supports the arts
What is Sir Thomas More’s best work?
Utopia
Which princes did Popes fight for power?
Italian Princes
How Long did the Witch hunts last?
300 years
Who explained that all matter is made of tiny atoms?
Robert Boyle