Ninja Turtles
Painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo
This monk publicly challenged the Church by posting a document that criticized the sale of indulgences.
Martin Luther
This Renaissance intellectual movement encouraged people to focus on human abilities, achievements, and the study of classical texts.
Humanism
This astronomer’s radical claim that Earth orbits the sun directly challenged long-held Church beliefs.
Copernicus
This invention dramatically increased literacy and helped spread both Renaissance and Reformation ideas across Europe.
Printing Press
Known for blending science and art, this Renaissance figure painted both The Last Supper and Mona Lisa.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
These controversial things granted forgiveness in exchange for payment and sparked widespread criticism.
indulgences
Michelangelo used to do this to perfect the human form
dissect human bodies
Before Copernicus, the church taught the the earth was the center of the universe, this model was called
geocentric
This document, posted in 1517, listed Luther’s arguments against Church corruption.
What are the Ninety-Five Theses?
These wealthy supporters of the arts made the Renaissance possible by funding painters, sculptures, and architects.
Patrons
This English king separated from the Catholic Church, not for religious reasons, but to solve a personal and political problem.
Henry VIII
By rapidly reproducing books, this invention helped circulate humanist ideas and new ways of thinking throughout Europe.
His improvements to the telescope allowed him to observe the heavens, but his support of heliocentrism earned him a trial by the Church.
Who is Galileo?
When something is written in the common language
vernacular
This powerful banking family basically ran Italy and funded Michelangelo and Da Vinci
Medici's
This doctrine taught that a person’s salvation was determined before birth and could not be changed by actions.
What is predestination?
Through plays filled with complex characters and emotional depth, this writer embodied humanist values in literature.
Shakespeare
His study of motion and the falling apple story led him to identify the force that attracts objects toward one another.
Who is Isaac Newton?
This reformer emphasized a strict moral code and the belief that salvation was predetermined by God.
John Calvin
This playwright transformed literature by portraying characters with deep psychological realism and emotional complexity.
Shakespeare
This Protestant leader helped spread the belief in predestination.
Who is John Calvin?
This sculpture by Michelangelo greatly emphasized Humanism
David
This scientific idea undermined traditional Church teachings by proving Earth was not the universe’s central point.
What is the heliocentric theory?
French Word meaning Rebirth
renaissance