Middle Ages!
What animal was responsible for the transmission of the Black Plague in Europe?
Flea
"This technique uses vanishing points and converging lines to make a flat painting look like it has real depth, as if you could walk into the scene."
linear perspective
"This wealthy Florentine banking family used their fortune to fund artists like Michelangelo and Botticelli, becoming the most famous patrons of the Renaissance."
Medici
"This German monk sparked the Protestant Reformation in 1517 by posting his 95 Theses, criticizing the Church's sale of indulgences."
Luther
What year did a graduate from Tatnall? Bonus if you can get guess the date! (Its my birthday)
June 1, 2019
"This peasant girl, claiming divine visions, rallied French forces to victory at the Siege of Orléans in 1429 during the Hundred Years' War, before being captured and burned at the stake by the English two years later."
Joan of Arc
"This artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and sculpted the famous statue of David."
Michaelangelo
"This intellectual movement held that educated citizens had a duty to apply their classical learning to active participation in public and political life, and developed specifically in republics like Florence."
"This core Protestant belief, central to Luther's theology, held that salvation comes through...
faith alone or sola fide
I work a summer time job at Tatnall! What is that job?
Pool Manager and Swim Team Coach!
"This economic and social system organized medieval Europe around land, in which nobles granted land to vassals in exchange for military service and loyalty."
feudalism
"This system, in which wealthy families and institutions like the Church provided financial support to artists in exchange for prestige and influence, was the primary way Renaissance art got funded."
Patronage
"This Dutch scholar, often called the 'Prince of the Humanists,' produced a critical edition of the Greek New Testament and wrote a satirical work mocking Church corruption, representing the Northern branch of this intellectual movement."
Erasmus
"At this 1521 imperial assembly, Martin Luther refused to recant his writings before Emperor Charles V and was subsequently declared an outlaw of the Holy Roman Empire."
Diet of Worms
How many girlfriends have I had? The number is in between 2 and 7.
5
"From 1309 to 1377, the papacy relocated to this French city, coming under heavy French royal influence and earning the nickname the 'Babylonian Captivity' of the Church."
Avignon
"Painted in the 1490s on the wall of a Milan monastery's dining hall, this work by Leonardo da Vinci captures the dramatic moment Jesus tells his apostles that one of them will betray him."
The Last Supper
"This system, used by the Spanish in their New World colonies, granted colonists the right to demand forced labor and tribute from indigenous peoples, officially in exchange for protection and religious instruction — though in practice it led to widespread abuse and exploitation."
Encomienda system
"This 1555 agreement allowed each prince within the Holy Roman Empire to decide whether his territory would be Lutheran or Catholic,"
The Peace of Augsburg
I have an older brother. What is his name?
Pasha
"This 14th-century English theologian challenged papal authority, argued the Bible should be available in vernacular languages rather than only Latin, and is often considered an early forerunner of the Protestant Reformation that followed over a century later."
John Wycliffe
"Painted by Raphael around 1509–1511 for the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, this fresco depicts an idealized gathering of ancient Greek philosophers, including Plato and Aristotle at its center, symbolizing the Renaissance synthesis of classical philosophy and Christian humanism."
The School of Athens
"This self-governing form of city government emerged in northern Italy in the 11th and 12th centuries, allowing merchants and guild members to run towns through elected councils rather than feudal lords. The institutional ancestor of later republics like Florence and Venice."
commune
"At this 1529 meeting, Martin Luther and Huldrych Zwingli agreed on fourteen points of doctrine but could not reconcile their differing views on the nature of Christ's presence in the Eucharist, revealing an early fracture within the Protestant movement itself."
The Marburg Colloquy
Before transferring to UD I want to another school in the Mid-West! What school was it?
University of Oklahoma