Vocabulary
The Beginning
Artists and Writers
The Reformation
The Counter Reformation
100

The Golden Age of Western Europe in which there was a revival in arts and learning


What is the Renaissance
100
What nation was the birth place of the renaissance?
What is Italy
100
This playwright and writer during the Renaissance is arguably the most famous in the world
Who is William Shakespeare
100

Reductions in punishment for past sins that were sold by the church


What is an induglence
100

Series of reforms  and actions by the Catholic Church in response to the spread of Protestantism in the mid-1500’s

What is the Counter-Reformation
200
The invention that helped to spread Renaissance ideas around Europe
What is the printing press
200
The Renaissance means this in Italian
What is re-birth
200
Renaissance artist famous for his sketching of the human anatomy
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci
200

The religious revolution that challenged the Catholic Church and lead to the further division of Christianity

What is the Protestant Reformation
200
Religious order founded by the church to reform education and restore faith in Catholicism
Who are the Jesuits
300

The focus on people and life on earth instead of on God and Heaven


What is humanism
300
They ruled the Italian city-state of Florence during the 1400s and were famous patrons during the time
Who are the De' Medici
300
Renaissance Artist that painted the Sistine Chapel
Who is Michelangelo
300

German monk and professor of theology who triggers the Protestant Reformation


Who is Martin Luther
300

Meeting in 1545 where church members decided to redefine some religious doctrines of the Catholic Church

What is the Council of Trent
400
This drawing technique made distant objects appear smaller than those closer to the viewer so they appear three-dimensional  
What is perspective
400
Scholars during the Renaissance studied art and books from these two groups from the past
Who are the Greeks and Romans
400
Renaissance painter that was a student of Da Vinci and Michelangelo
Who is Raphael
400
Term use to describe when a person has been cut off and is no longer a member of the Catholic Church
What is Excommunication
400
Movement to drive out and get rid of all Jews, Muslims, and Protestants on the Spanish peninsula
What is the inquistion
500
Financial supporters of the arts who gave money to Renaissance artists
What is a patron
500
Humanists stressed the power of reason and belief in
What is human potential
500
Greatest Sculptor of the Renaissance
Who is Donatello
500
Reformist that believed in predestination while starting a community lead by church elders in Switzerland
Who is John Calvin
500
Declaration that granted religious freedom to Protestants in France during the year 1598
What is the Edict of Nantes
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