Vocabulary 1
rebirth or revival of scientific and cultural progress
Renaissance
He painted the Mona Lisa and exemplified the idea of "the Renaissance man"
Leonardo da Vinci
the sun-centered model of the universe
heliocentric
He was a famous playright during the Renaissance, considered the "complete man of the theater" -- perhaps another term for a Renaissance man?
William Shakespeare
the idea of change being sought within the too powerful Catholic church
Reformation
the invention that made book production effective, increasing access to information and literacy
printing press
On a journey to find a quicker route to Asia, he actually landed in the Americas
Christopher Columbus
payments people made to the Catholic church in order to be forgiven for their sins and be able to enter heaven
indulgences
He criticized the Catholic Church in his work, the 95 Theses
Martin Luther
non-religious
secular
the earth-centered model of the universe
geocentric
He wrote The Prince which argued that in order to benefit society, some leaders may have to make immoral choices
Niccolo Machiavelli
the act of kicking out or removing
exile
He invented the printing press
Johannes Gutenberg
the inability to read or write
illiteracy
the act of kicking out or removing based on religious belief or reasoning
excommunication
He was known as the "father of Italian Renaissance humanism"
Petrarch
the manner of living a life alone
solitude
He believed in an idea known as predestination, the belief that God had already decided who would be saved or not
John Calvin
the disease brought from Europe to the Americas that wiped out indigenous populations
smallpox
the right to use forced labor of indigenous people in the Americas
encomienda
He proposed the heliocentric model of the universe
Nicolaus Copernicus
someone speaking out against a religion
heretic
She funded Christopher Columbus's voyage to find a faster sea route to Asia
Queen Isabella of Spain
the idea that shifted viewpoints from that of a religious focus to a focus on the individual self
humanism