European Renaissance
What is the Renaissance?
What is "A time of the “rebirth” of art and learning and a focus on bringing back to life the culture of classical Greece and Rome."
In the 16th Century, what was Europe’s Protestant Reformation sparked by?
A religious revolt led by Martin Luther
What are indulgences?
Pieces of paper issued by the Catholic Church that forgave sins
Who or what did Martin Luther believe was the ultimate source of truth?
The Bible
The Inquisition, The Jesuits, The Council of Trent were all MAINLY designed for what purpose?
restore the power of the Catholic Church
Which of the following was not a cause of the Renaissance?
A. People in rural areas began to create art in order to cope with the loss of life after the Black Death.
B. The Black Death caused people to want to celebrate life and the human spirit.
C. A wealthy merchant class was formed.
D. Cultural diffusion through trade brought new ideas and an interest in learning.
What best describes the concept of predestination
God already knows the fate of each person
What were the 95 Theses?
arguments written by Martin Luther to attack the sale of indulgences
Why did many people not understand the sermons of priests or the Bible when it was read at church?
They were in Latin and many people didn’t speak Latin.
To fight the spread of Protestantism, the Catholic Church had a body of people called inquisitors. Inquisitors were people who did what?
Looked for, tried, punished, and sometimes had killed, people the Catholic Church thought of as heretics
Explain why the Renaissance began in Italy.
Many people were living in urban areas.
What role did Humanism play in the Reformation?
Humanism led people to put their faith in human reason and question Church authority.
What caused Catholics to cry out for reform?
The growth of Humanism
The selling of indulgences
The excessive desire for riches by some Catholic Church leaders, including popes
Which invention helped spread the ideas of the Reformation and people's’ dissatisfaction with the church?
The printing press
In the 14th century, what was the separation called, where the leadership of the Catholic Church was fought over between three groups, each claiming that the other's popes were impostors (fakes)?
The Great Schism
What a patron is?
A wealthy family pays an artist to create art for them.
How did the source of who people trusted to give God’s truth change during the Reformation?
In the Reformation, people trusted sacred texts over church authority.
As Martin Luther's popularity grew, he organized a new denomination (group) of Christianity, called Lutheranism. Lutheranism included which of the following
An emphasis on the study of the Bible
Translation of the Bible into the German language
Church services and hymns (religious songs) in German
How did the source of who people trusted to give God’s truth change during the Reformation?
In the Reformation, people trusted sacred texts over church authority.
This Renaissance writer was best known for his “how-to” manual on being an effective ruler called The Prince. What was the name of this influential political thinker?
Niccolo Machiavelli
Renaissance painters discovered the concept of perspective and were able to show it in their works. Describes perspective.
creating the appearance of depth; the appearance of three dimensions
The protestant Reformation and the European Renaissance were similar in that both did which of the following?
Encouraged people to question tradition
How did Renaissance artists and thinkers perceive the individual?
The individual should be well-rounded.
How did King Henry VIII differ from other Protestant reformers?
Henry VIII wanted to split from the Catholic Church due to personal reasons rather than a disagreement with church practices.
What were the dates of the Renaissance?
1300s-1600s