Revolution
A period of rebirth and creativity in art, writing, and thought from about 1300 to 1600 A.D., beginning in Italy and eventually spreading throughout Europe.
What is the renaissance?
The meaning of the French word, renaissance.
What is rebirth?
Who was Niccolo Machiavelli?
The name of the movement set off by Martin Luther with the goal to rid the church of corruption and false doctrines
What is the Reformation?
The century in which the renaissance began
What is the 14th century?
These thinkers were most closely associated with conducting investigative experiments
Who were Galileo Galilei and Sir Isaac Newton?
Renewed interest in these cultures was characteristic of the Renaissance?
What is Greek and Roman?
The quintessential Renaissance Man; he was a painter, sculptor, scientist, engineer, and inventor
Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
Definition: Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters; opposite of religious/sacred
What is secular?
The main philosophy of the renaissance
What is classical humanism?
This was a religious court in Spain that tried to prevent the introduction of the Protestant religion
What was the Spanish Inquisition?
This invention helped spread Renaissance and Reformation ideas.
What is the printing press?
The author of the 95-Thesis that criticized the Roman Catholic Church
Who was Martin Luther?
An intellectual movement in which thinkers focused on human potential and achievements
What is humanism?
The family who became the major patrons of the Renaissance in Italy
What was The Medici family?
The movement to reinstate the power of the Roman Catholic Church
What was the Counter Reformation?
What is Florence, Italy?
English playwright of late Renaissance who wrote comedies, tragedies, and histories.
Who was William Shakespeare?
An artistic technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat surface.
What is perspective?
This event in 1453 gave the Renaissance a large boost as Eastern scholars brought Greek texts to Italy.
What is the fall of Constantinople?
Martin Luther did this to help make his movement, to challenge the authority of the Catholic Church, successful
What is translating and distributing the Bible in the German language
The name of the Renaissance as it spread to the rest of Europe.
What is the Northern Renaissance?
The German inventor of the printing press in 1448, which has been called one of the most important inventions in the history of humankind
Who was Johannes Gothenburg?
A belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief
What is rationalism?
This meeting of the Catholic Church to respond to the Protestant Reformation
What is the Council of Trent?