Renaissance
Famous artist/inventor. His most famous work is either the Mona Lisa or The Last Supper
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci?
Nailed 95 Theses to the door in Wittenberg, Germany protesting several practices of the Catholic Church.
Who is Martin Luther?
This disease devastated the European population, wiping out nearly 1/3 of the population at the time.
What is the Bubonic Plague/Black Death?
This artist/inventor was most famous for painting The Last Supper and Mona Lisa
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci?
Country where the Renaissance started, largely because of its cultural ties to Classical Rome.
What is Italy?
The sect of Christianity that was formed because of the Reformation. Their name is indicative of their actions against the Catholic Church.
What is Protestantism?
The political system during the Middle AGes, largely based off of owning land, and peasants swear loyalty to the land-owning lords.
What is feudalism?
This artist wrote famous plays like Hamlet, Macbeth, and Romeo and Juliet.
Who is William Shakespeare?
The literal translation of the title of this category
What is rebirth?
The man who created a new, more efficient way to create typed literature using the printing press.
Who is Johannes Guttenberg?
A piece of land given by the lord to a serf in exchange for loyalty
What is a fief?
Art in the Renaissance took most of its inspiration from these two classical civilizations.
What is Greece and Rome?
Philosophy that was prominent during the Renaissance. Focused on explaining things in the world through reason and logic, rather than religion.
What is humanism?
This was a practice of the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages. When a parishioner pays the church to forgive sin and allow admittance to heaven.
What is an indulgence?
A Holy War that was an attempt by European Christians to regain control of the Holy Land (Jerusalem) from the Islamic Empire.
What are The Crusades?
Art and literature during the Renaissance shifted away from religious themes, and instead wrote about this (think Humanism).
What is self-expression/portrayal of the individual?
Author of the political philosophy book "The Prince". Largely is satire, and a guide on how *not* to rule.
Who is Niccolo Machiavelli?
Martin Luther was considered this, a devout follower of the Christian faith.
What is a monk?
This group control education, and eventually came to have as much or more influence that governments at the time.
What is the Catholic Church?
Art during the Renaissance was made in this format, where the images appeared to jump off the canvas and portray real-life images.
What is three dimensional?