Renaissance
Who kept knowledge of ancient times alive for the Roman Catholic Church, and how?
Who are monks, and they did this by copying manuscripts (any kind of documents)
Who created the printing press?
Who is Johannes Gutenberg
Who was the famous playwright that created words that are still used today?
Who is William Shakespeare
What was the main thing that Martin Luther criticized of the Church?
What is the selling of indulgences
How did the Medici family acquire their money?
What is their banking business
How was the printing press used during the Reformation?
What is new ideas spread quickly, people began to be able to read the Bible without the help of a Pope
What did merchants and crusaders bring back in the late middle ages?
What is classical learning and ideas
What did followers of Lutheranism believe about reading the Bible?
It was the only good way to learn how to lead a good life
What is the major idea of Humanism?
What is humans are capable of greatness
In 1513, who extended the practices of selling indulgences across Europes? How did it help the church?
Who is Pope Leo X, and it increased the Church’s ability to raise money
In 1434, what did Cosimo de’ Medici control?
What is the government in Florence
Which city-states had the largest influence on the development of the Renaissance?
What are Florence and Venice
What led to the birth of the Renaissance?
What is the Feudal system weakened, along with the power of the Catholic Church.
Who are Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo?
What are famous artists of the Renaissance. Leonardo da Vinci was interested and talented in many things, or a Renaissance man, and is famous for the Last Supper, and The Mona Lisa. Michelangelo is also considered a Renaissance man, and was a painter, sculptor, architect, and poet. He is most known for Pieta, and painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
In medieval art, painters paid little attention to realistic details. During the Renaissance, artist tried to present something the way it appeared in reality, this is called what?
What is realism
Where did Martin Luther nail is 95 Theses, and why there?
What is on the door of Wittenberg Cathedral, for everyone to see