Why was the printing press and important invention of the Renaissance?
What is it helped to spread literacy because more books were available to read?
Who was Filippo Brunelleschi?
Italian Architecht who created Il Duomo
How did ideas from the Renaissance spread?
What is through scholars traveling and trade and printing press
What is Calvinism? and How different from ROman Catholocism?
•Introduced the belief of predestination
•The belief that God has determined in advance who will be saved and who will be damned
•Very strict Theocracy- Church had much more control over lives of people- NO gambling, drinking, swearing, dancing, going to theatre...
Led to Puritanism in England and colonies
WHat is Humanism?
An educational movement that started with going back to ROman-GReco texts, then applying ideas to natural world. Emphasis on individualism....Effect was inspired critical thinking
Who is Michelangelo Buonarroti? What is he most known for?
1. David, this became a symbol of victory over triumph, making Michelangelo famous
2. Michelangelo was commissioned to paint the Sistine Chapel in Rome.
What/when was peasant revolt? Why linked to Reformation?
•1524: Peasants fed up with high taxes and who followed Luther’s views rebelled; over 100,000 died in the uprising known as the Peasants’ War. Luther did not promote peasants.
Who was one of the early reformers who served as inspiration for Luther?
•Luther was influenced by John Wycliffe, who believed the Bible, not the pope, was the source of God’s word.
•Jan Hus, a priest who believed in Wycliffe’s views, was declared a heretic and burned at the stake in 1415.
What was the Council of Trent?
•A group of bishops met over 18 years to reform the Catholic Church from within.
•They laid out structures of the Roman Catholic Church and clearly defined the differences between Catholics and Protestants.
Raphael’s most famous painting
•the School of Athens.
•The painting leads viewers’ eyes to the center of the painting, creating a 3-D perspective.
Who is Humanist Desiderius Erasmus?
•He wrote one of the first books printed on Europe’s printing press—the Greek New Testament.
•He traveled to Paris, England, and Rome—in Rome he started writing satire, humorously critical observations, about Rome and the church. Influenced Shakespeare.
•1511: His satirical book The Praise of Folly, was a best-seller in Europe.