Figures of the Renaissance
This figure wrote "The Prince"
Niccolo Machiavelli
The war between France and Spain for control of Italy ended when what?
Spain pushed out France and become the dominate influence in Italy
This is based on the study of the literary works of Greece and Rome?
Humanism
What does the word Renaissance mean?
re-birth
Masaccio
What was the Protestant Reformation?
the name was given to the religious reform movement that divided the western Church into Catholic and Protestant groups.
Vernacular
the language spoken in their own regions, such as Italian, French, or German.
Ignatius of Loyola?
founded the Society of Jesus, known as the Jesuits.
What was the first Protestant faith?
Luthernism
Who wrote a masterpiece in the Italian vernacular that was entitled Divine Comedy?
Dante
the agreement formally accepted the division of Christianity in Germany, allowing German states to choose between Catholicism and Lutheranism.
What was the Peace of Augsburg?
religious services consisted of Bible readings, preaching the word of God, and song.
What is Lutheranism?
This figure was the leader of the Calvinists and published the Institutes of the Christian Religion in 1536. Believed in predestination.
John Calvin
Why did parents arrange marriages during the Renaissance?
to strengthen family and business ties
This figure wrote "The Canterbury Tales"
Geoffrey Chaucer
made Martin Luther an outlaw within the Holy Roman Empire.
The Edict of Worms
God had determined in advance who would be saved and who would be damned.
What was predestination?
Who was a monk, and a professor at the University of Wittenberg, Germany, who lectured on the Bible?
Martin Luther
A list of complaints sent to the church by Martin Luther
What were the 95 Theses?
This figure is known for being an example of Renaissance Italy’s social ideals and worked on cadavers to better understand the human body for his art.
Leonardo da Vinci
What was the Council of Trent?
Part of the Catholic reformation and reaffirmed traditional Catholic teachings in opposition to Protestant beliefs.
This group was also known as Northern Renaissance humanism. Their goal was the reform of the catholic church and they believe in the ability of human beings to reason and improve themselves
Who were Christian humanists
This figure created the Church of England out of his political motives.
Henry VIII
What were the problems with the Catholic Church prior to the Protestant and Catholic Reformations?
Dubious financial decisions, political and military affairs, abuses of power by church officials (priests, bishops, cardinals)