This Renaissance idea focused on the value and potential of human beings.
Humanism
This German monk started the Protestant Reformation in 1517.
Martin Luther
This Renaissance "Renaissance Man" painted the Mona Lisa and designed flying machines.
Leonardo da Vinci
This reformer believed in predestination and led the Reformation in Switzerland.
John Calvin
This theory states that the sun is at the center of the universe.
Heliocentric
Renaissance writers began publishing in this everyday language instead of Latin.
Vernacular
These were payments made to the Church in exchange for forgiveness of sins.
Indulgences
This artist sculpted David and painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Michelangelo
This belief says God has already chosen who will be saved.
Predestination
This theory placed Earth at the center of the universe.
Geocentric
Wealthy families like the Medici who financially supported artists were known as this.
Patrons
Martin Luther posted this to the door of Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany
Ninety-Five Theses
This English playwright wrote Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet.
William Shakespeare
This English king broke from the Catholic Church after wanting to end his marriage.
Henry VIII
This step-by-step process is used to solve scientific problems.
Scientific Method
This artistic technique created the illusion of depth and three dimensions in paintings.
Perspective
At this meeting, Martin Luther refused to take back his beliefs.
Diet of Worms
This inventor created the printing press in Europe, helping ideas spread quickly.
Johannes Gutenberg
Henry VIII wanted this in order to legally end his marriage.
Annulment
This scientist was put on trial for supporting heliocentric theory.
Galileo Galilee
This term describes Renaissance ideas that focused more on worldly life than religion.
Secular
This term refers to Christians who split from the Catholic church and formed new churches.
Protestants
This scientist first proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system.
Nicholas Copernicus
This church was created by Henry VIII after breaking from Rome.
Church of England / Anglican Church
This scientist discovered gravity and wrote the laws of motion.
Isaac Newton