THE MAN
THE MYTH
THE LEGEND
THE MYTH
THE LEGEND
Shakespeare
Famous actor, playwright, and play-maker who made revolutionary plays like Romeo and Juliet and Midsummer Night's dream
Revolutionary and still talked about today
Christopher Columbus
A navigator sponsored by Spain, exploring west for a passage to Asia, eventually finding the Americas on accident.
FEUDALISM
King owned all the land with lords who managed the land then knights protected while peasents where atr the bottom
humanism
movement focused on independent thought and human potential
geocentric theory
This theory says Earth is the center of the universe.
Johaan Gutenberg
The inventor of the printing press
Expanding knowledge to different languages, cultures, and people
Triangular Trade
The trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas with them sending each other goods, raw materials, food, disease, and more.
manor
walled community ruled by a lord
perspective
artistic technique made paintings appear more 3D
heliocentric theory
This theory says the Sun is the center of the universe.
Moctezuma II
The tyrannical Inca ruler who imposed unfair taxes to the people, causing many rebellions against him in his own empire. Eventually defeated by the Conquistadors and his own Inca people
Middle passage
chivalry
code of conduct did knights had to follow
95 theses
Martin luther made the 95 theses to question the teachings of the church.
Hooke
This man coined the term “cell”.
Rousseau
Believed that people were born free with a social contract with the government
The social contract had stated that the government would respect the people's ideals while the people work towards the good of the country, following their laws too
Why they explored
They explored becuase italy and the muslims had control of trade with asia and they taxed extra on any goods coming out of asia and into europe. This forced countries to explore to find a new passage to asia.
Magna Carta
imited the king’s power in England
council of trent
when the church came together to discuss the 95 theses.
Galileo
He used a telescope to study space.
Voltaire
He was an outspoken social reformer who defended civil liberties and proposed religious tolerance, limiting the power of the Catholic Church.
Caravals
Small fast ships that were used by the Portuguese and Spanish explorers to travel to new and unexplored lands.
why did feudalism develop in Europe
Kings could not defend all their land, so nobles managed sections for them.
What was the purpose of the Counter-Reformation
To stop the spread of Martin Luther’s ideas and reform the Church.
How did the Scientific Revolution affect religion
It challenged some Church teachings and encouraged scientific explanations.