Vocab 1
A language that can be understood by everyone.
Vernacular
Middle class member that lived in a city or town.
Burgher
He was a Catholic Church monk and a professor at the University of Wittenburg, he realized that humans are not saved through their good works, but the faith they put in God. He was the creator of Lutheranism.
Martin Luther
This was based on the study of the classics such as literature of Ancient Greece and Rome.
The Development Of Humanism
A movement during the Renaissance that combined individualism and classical learning with the goal to reform the Catholic Church.
Christian Humanism
A form of government when certain citizens can vote and there is no King.
Republic
Being saved through faith and or good works.
Salvation
He wrote one of the most influential works of political power in the western world, that book was called The Prince. His political influence has carried into politics today.
Nicollo Machiavelli
There was a wide spread Latin literature in writing, people then began to write in their locally spoken language, instead of Latin.
Vernacular Literature
The principle between right and wrong.
Morality
A religious doctrine that Martin Luther created, this was the first protestant faith.
Lutheranism
A release from part or all, of the punishment given for sin which reduced time in the purgatory after death in the Catholic Church.
Indulgence
He is often called the father of the Italian Renaissance. He also had a large emphasis on using pure classical Latin.
Franscesco Petrarch
In 1520 Luther began trying to make a definite break in the Catholic Church, he also attacked their system of sacraments because he though it was the pope's way of destroying the real meaning of the gospel.
A break with the church
A series of events marking the emergence of modern science.
Scientific Revolution
To declare something as invalid or unimportant.
Annul
The belief that God has already decided who will be saved or not.
Predestination
the best know Christian humanist. He believed that Christianity isn't only a belief but a way to be saved.
Desiderius Erasmus
Luther's religious movement was quickly spreading he gained the support of many German rulers. Together, they quickly took control of Catholic Churches and formed State Churches, soon creating Lutheranism.
The Rise of Lutheranism
A movement in the late 17th and 18th centuries promoting individualism instead of tradition.
Enlightenment
A required district in a city for Jews to live.
They did not like that the states had such a large say in the church and it's affairs.
Anabaptist
He created the printing press which started a revolution in how knowledge was distributed.
Johannes Gutenberg
Lutheranism was threatening the Catholic Church. However, in the 16th century the Catholic Church reviltalized.
Catholic Reformation
The rebirth of classical art and literature through the influence of the 14th and 16th centuries.
Rennaisance