Historical/Geographic Context
This German Monk is credited with starting the Protestant Reformation.
Who is Martin Luther?
Renaissance means a rebirth of which two cultures?
What is a rebirth of Greek and Roman culture?
Martin Luther posted these to the chapel door in order to expose the corruption of the Church.
What are the 95 Theses?
The Catholic Church argued that this person was the spiritual authority and not the bible.
Who is the Pope?
The Renaissance began in what European country?
What is Italy
This invention that improved designs from China, helped spread ideas rapidly throughout Europe
What is the Printing Press?
One of the major reasons that people had issues with the catholic church was their selling of this term meaning, Pieces of paper issued by the Catholic Church that forgave sins
What are indulgences?
This reformer created the Church of England because the RCC did not allow for divorce and he wanted a male heir to the throne.
Who is Henry VIII?
In what country did the Protestant Reformation begin?
What is Germany?
People like Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci are considered this, a term meaning very skilled in many different areas.
What are Renaissance Men?
Because of Martin Luther's actions, the catholic church took this measure. A term meaning the action of officially excluding someone from participation in the sacraments and services of the Christian Church.
What is excommunication?
What is the name given to a period of drastic change in scientific thought that took place during the 16th and 17th centuries.
What is the Scientific Revolution?
These two events that often caused pain and suffering led to the Renaissance.
What are the Black Death and Crusades
Term attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters.
What is humanism?
According to many reformers, the church was becoming much too corrupt and this, a term meaning denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis.
What is Secular?
Machiavelli wrote this political guidebook to examine how a ruler can gain power and keep it in spite of his enemies.
What is The Prince?
Other than the sale of indulgences, provide two reasons the Protestant Reformation began.
1) Church services/Bible being written in Latin
2) increase in fees of marriages and baptisms
3) Competition for power between Kings/Princes and the Pope
4) Church was more concerned with secular (worldly ) activities
5) Renaissance/Humanism led to people questioning teachings of the RCC
6) Kings/People were tired of paying taxes to foreign countries.
Instead of relying on the Catholic Church for answers to their questions, scientists used this instead.
What is the Scientific Method?
What is observation?
What is Greek and Roman texts?
Another reformer, John Calvin believed in this, a term meaning all events have been willed by God, usually with reference to the eventual fate of the individual soul.
What is predestination?
This theory by Nicolaus Copernicus challenged the Catholic Church by claiming the Earth and planets revolve around the sun at the center of the universe.
What is Heliocentrism?