Renaissance
"Renaissance" means...
Rebirth
The act of banning someone from the Catholic Church and therefore, banning them from receiving the sacraments.
excommunication
When someone goes all the way around the world.
Circumnavigate
The God-given right to rule.
Divine Right
"All women should have rights- same as men."
Mary Wollstonecraft
A new technique developed during the Renaissance that made images appear 3-dimensional
Perspective
Diet of Worms
Spanish conquerors like Cortes and Pizarro were often referred to as ______.
Conquistadors
An enormous fleet of Spanish galleons that set out to attack England.
The Spanish Armada, or just "Armada"
Thomas Hobbes
The common language of everyday people is also known as...
Vernacular
Indulgences
A segment of the Triangular Trade that went from Africa to the Americas.
The Middle Passage
A Christian religious sect who wanted to "purify" the Church of England of Catholic practices.
Puritans
"All people have natural rights like, life, liberty and property."
John Locke
Inventor of the Printing Press with moveable type.
Johannes Gutenberg
The Meeting that launched the Catholic Reformation/ Counter Reformation.
Council of Trent
A Company that was the first to challenge the Portuguese in the spice trade in SE Asia.
Dutch East India Company
The first English king to be tried and killed by his own people.
King Charles I (Stuart)
"A government should have separation of powers so no one branch becomes too powerful."
Charles De Montesquieu
Head of a wealthy banking family in Florence. Members of his family were patrons of the arts for decades.
Cosimo De' Medici
The belief that before you were born, God had already determined everything about your life, including whether or not you would go to Heaven.
Predestination
Spanish missionary/priest that condemned the evils of the encomienda system.
Bartolome De Las Casas
A resolution that allowed Huguenots (French Protestants) to have religious freedom.
Edict of Nantes
Believed in the rights of the accused like 1.) no cruel and unusual punishment and 2.) Fair and speedy trial
Cesare Beccaria