Dates
What happened in 1492?
Columbus sailed the ocean blue
When was the Renaissance?
1350-1550
Who started the Protestant Reformation? When?
Martin Luther; 1517
Why was the European West concerned with the East?
Spices and curiosity
What does Renaissance mean?
New Birth
What happened in 1455?
Printing Press invented
Name two states that centralized during the Renaissance
England, Spain, France, and Russia
What doctrine did Calvin emphasize?
Name 2 inventions that facilitated exploration
What does "Ad Fontes" mean?
To the source
What happened in 1555?
Peace of Augsburg
What are some innovations in art that came about during the Renaissance?
More realistic, linear perspective, chiaroscuro
What was a result of the Council of Trent?
Increased power of the Inquisition, created a list of banned books, silenced liberal Catholics
What are the three motivations for exploration?
God, gold, and glory
What is "humanism"?
Belief that man can do anything he sets his mind to/significance of human activity
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Classical scholarship
What two events happened in 1519?
Debate of Leipzig; defeat of the Aztecs
What was the state of the church in the Renaissance?
While some efforts to reform, largely corrupt. Popes began to turn to more secular power rather than solely spiritual power
List the 5 Solas
Sola: Scriptura, Fide, Gratia, Christos, Deo Gloria
What two conquistadors conquered the Aztecs and Inca empires?
What does "Cuius regio, eius religio" mean?
Whose region, his religion
What happened in 1534?
Act of Supremacy
What are the two preconditions for a state to centralize? (Power of the ____ and power of the ____)
Power of the sword (army loyal to the crown) and power of the purse (crown levies taxes and disposes as they wish)
What are 3 of Luther's main ideas as we discussed?
Justification by grace through faith; Scripture as the sole authority; Only two sacraments (Lord's Supper and Baptism); emphasis on common people participating in worship services (vernacular and congregational singing)
What are two results of the discovery of the New World?
Rivalries between European countries have increased, Spain and Portugal have become richer, Western Europe starts to see itself as culturally superior to other cultures
List the 7 Liberal Arts
Grammar, Logic, Rhetoric, Arithmetic, Geometry, Astronomy, Music