The Italian Renaissance
Financial supporter of the Arts
Patron
The art style Albrecht Durer became well-known for
Engraving
This doughy German dude kicked off the Protestant Reformation
Martin Luther
Why did King Henry VIII split with the Catholic Church?
He wanted a divorce
Galileo Galilei invented this and saw mountains on the moon.
Telescope
Major patron family of Florence, Italy.
Medicis
Rabelais wrote about 2 of these
Giants
Martin Luther wrote 95 Theses against the Catholic Church. What are theses?
Arguments
This queen worked to restore unity among English Catholics and Protestants (and hired pirates to hassle Spain)
Queen Elizabeth I
Van Leeuwenhoek invented this and saw bacteria or "animalecules" as he called them.
Microscope
A guide to gain and maintain power.
The Prince
Name 3 Shakespeare plays
Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo & Juliet, Richard III, Macbeth, etc.
The Catholic Church sold these to absolve people of their sins
Indulgences
The Council of Trent, the Inquisition, and the establishment of the Jesuits were all part of this movement.
The Catholic Reformation
Illustrated the first accurate and detailed study of the human body.
Andreas Visalius
Author of The Prince
Niccolo Machiavelli
An increase in literacy occurred after this German invented the Printing Press in 1456.
Johannes Gutenburg
Luther believed this was the only source of religious truth.
The Bible
What religion was most common in Sweden by 1600?
Lutheran
This smarty-pants explained the laws of gravity and what would eventually become Physics.
Sir Issac Newton
Trade routes running through the Mediterranean brought money and ideas through Italy. Name 7 cities with banking centers.
Venice, Bologna, Florence, Rome, Barletta, Naples, Palermo
Number of books in Europe before the Printing Press
30,000 (10,000,000 by 1500!)
The Calvinist belief that God had already chosen those who would gain salvation
Predestination
3 Christian sects that trace their origins to the Early Protestant Anabaptists
Baptists, Mennonites, Amish
3 Astronomers who supported the Heliocentric model of the universe
Niccolaus Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler