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People
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100

Renaissance

a rebirth of classical knowledge, and cultural awakening in Europe and began in Italy around 1350.

100

Reformation

when people demand changes 

100

Leonardo da vinci

ultimate renaissance man, Mona Lisa & last supper

100

Erasmus

Philosopher, Christian humanist & greatest scholar of the northern renaissance, Influential in the protestant reformation

100

Henry VIII

In 1534 he broke from the catholic church and declared himself head of the Church of England.

200

Secularism

 focus on worldly themes instead of religion.

200

predestination

God chooses who gets to go to heaven, you don't get there by good works.

200

Michelangelo

artist, Ceiling of the Sistine chapel and David

200

Machiavelli

writer, author of the Prince & he supported absolute power

200

Queen Elizabeth I

Combined catholic styles with protestant teaching to please both religions.

300

Humanism

emphasis on a person as an individual rather than part of a larger group.

300

Catholic church heirarchy

pope, cardinal, archbishops, bishops, priests, deacons, the people

300

Botticelli

painter, Portraits & mythological subjects. Most famous was the birth of venus

300

John wycliffe

translated the bible into english
300

John calvin

Came up with the idea of predestination - God chooses who goes to heaven, you don't get there by good works.

400

Patrons

wealthy people who sponsored artists and commissioned works showed high social status.

400

What were the causes of the renaissance

Lasting trade links from the crusades, trade flourished with the mamluks, ottomans, and Safavids. Merchants grow wealthy in the trading ports of Genoa, Pisa, and Venice.

400

Dante

writer, Author of Divine comedy & first to use an interlocking three-line rhyme scheme of the terza rima 

400

Jan huss

Church services in the vernacular, taught that the bible had more authority than church leaders.

400

John knox

Returned to native Scotland after visiting Calvin in Geneva and liking his teachings, his followers were called Presbyterians.

500

Protestant

someone who protested against the catholic church .

500

In what city did the Renaissance start? Who was the most influential family from this city

Florence, Italy, and the most influential was the Medid family.

500

Petrarch

Scholar & Poet “father of humanism”, Traveled europe & collected classical writings

500

Martin Luther

Left the catholic church and started new teaching called Lutherans.