Vocab
The practice of conducting negotiations between countries
What is diplomacy?
What is heresy?
Two ancient cultures that Europeans had an interest in during the Renaissance
Man who started the Reformation by placing 95 theses on the door of a church
Martin Luther
Renewal or rebirth of interest in Greek and Roman arts
What is Renaissance?
A religious movement that produced a new form of Christianity known as Protestantism
What is the Reformation?
Belief during the Renaissance that led people to study new subjects such as biology, medicine, astronomy, math and engineering
What is humanism?
Official religion in countries such as France and Spain
What is Catholicism?
Belief in the worth of the individual and that reason is the path to knowledge
What is humanism?
Related to worldly things
What is secular?
Italian city considered the headquarters of the humanist revival
What is Florence?
Church started by King Henry VIII because he wanted to divorce his wife
What was the Church of England?
A pardon or forgiveness of sin usually in the form of a payment
What is an indulgence?
Having to do with a town or city
What is urban?
A dissection of the human body
What is an autopsy?
War that begin in the Holy Roman Empire in 1618, when Protestant nobles rebelled against their Catholic king
What was the Thirty Years' War?
A school for religious training
What is a seminary?
When something is declared invalid, especially marriages
What is annul?
Italian inventor who was way ahead of his time with his inventions (flying machine, armored tank, robot knight, diving suit)
Who is Leonardo DaVinci?
Huge naval fleet defeated by the English
What was the Spanish Armada?