Middle Ages
Tetzel was known for traveling around Europe to sell these.
Indulgences
Reform means...
To change
This Florentine artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and sculpted David.
Michelangelo
This English playwright wrote famous played still performed today, such as Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, and Hamlet.
William Shakespeare
Renaissance means...
Rebirth
This plague wiped out 1/3 or Europe's population.
Black Death/Black Plague/Bubonic Plague
Describe the role of the Inquisition.
It was a court system used to root out heretics who disagreed with the Catholic Church.
The central city and the origin of the Renaissance of classical learning. Name the city and the country.
Florence, Italy
This man taught the idea of predestination.
John Calvin
Martin Luther was excommunicated in the Edict of Worms, which was issued by which leader?
Emperor Charles V
What are the years of the Middle Ages?
A.D. 500-1500
Martin Luther pretended to be kidnapped and disguised himself as a knight at Wartburg Castle to avoid being killed/martyred for his beliefs.
This family funded many Florentine Renaissance artists.
Medici
What was John Wycliffe's major contribution to the reform of the church?
He translated the Bible into the common language of English.
This group of supporters of the Roman Catholic Church aided in the Counter-Reformation by limiting the spread of Protestantism.
Jesuits
The Medieval societal structure based on land ownership by nobles and usage by peasants was called...
Feudalism
This movement called for a change in church practices, but ended up causing the Roman Catholic Church to split.
Protestant Reformation
Johann Gutenburg invented this device, which aided in the rapid spread of the Bible and Protestant writings throughout Europe.
Moveable-type printing press.
A Renaissance man is...
Someone who excels in many areas.
This famous traveler wrote about the riches available through trade with Asia.
Marco Polo
Explain why the Protestant Reformation became necessary.
The Bible was only available in Latin, so only the well-educated church leaders could read it.
Catholic masses were conducted entirely in Latin, so the common churchgoer couldn't understand.
Popes tried to increase their power and influence, and their word became considered equal to the Word of God, causing the Bible to become disused.
The church demonstrated its greed through the sale of indulgences in order to gain salvation.
People thought salvation had to be earned, through indulgences, through penance, through isolation from society and practice of celibacy, etc.
The Catholic Church's response to the Protestant Reformation was known as the...
Counter-Reformation
This man wrote The Prince and believed in the use of evil to achieve his goals.
Machiavelli
The English Reformation came about because King Henry VIII...
Wanted to divorce his wife, which was not allowed by the Catholic Church, so he created the Anglican Church.
This document, which King John of England was forced to sign, guaranteed the people's rights and stated that all people, including the king, were subject to the law. It means "Great Charter."
Magna Carta