Calvin
If you were into Calvin in the 16th Century (in Netherlands, South Africa, or Plymouth Rock) this was your color scheme.
What is white and black clothing?
Before he became a reformer, this was Luther's day job.
What is a monk?
Another name for a "Renaissance Man". Math is not necessarily involved.
What is a polymath?
The Bard. This guy (if he was real) added 20,000 words to the English language.
Who was William Shakespeare?
Leonardo Da Vinci's home town.
What is Vinci?
These people and ONLY these people are going to heaven.
Who are the elect?
The policy of selling high-ranking church positions to the highest bidder. Luther hated this.
What is simony?
This family was involved in banking and paid for much of the art in Florence.
Who were the Medicis?
This was the church started by Henry VIII.
What is Church of England? (Anglican)
The idea of looking to the ancient Greeks and Romans for guidance.
What is classicism?
The name for a French follower of Calvin.
What is a Huguenot?
A US state we associate with Lutheranism.
What is Minnesota? (Also N&S Dakota)
We call it the Gutenberg press, but the printing press had been around. This was small invention was the game changer.
What is movable type?
This is the name we use in America for the Church of England/Anglican denomination
What is Episcopalian?
Italians didn't have kingdoms or empires in the Renaissance. They were organized into these.
What are independent city-states?
This is the big Calvinist faith that you find in Scotland.
What is Presbyterianism?
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What is an indulgence?
His friends called him Desiderius. Straight outta Rotterdam. He was calling for reform before Luther. Voted #1 Dutchman of all time.
Who was Erasmus?
The name for charging interest for loans. It is the whole basis of our modern economy but was deemed sinful. (Unless the lenders were Jewish or Calvinists)
What is usury?
Perhaps the secret to the Italian Renaissance. A whopping 20% of Italians could do this in 1500.
What is literacy/reading?
A whole lot of Calvinists got killed on this saints day in France.
Who is St. Bartholomew?
This event capped off the Reformation. Luther had 95.
What are Theses?
The author of Don Quixote. Still the #1 Spanish language author of all time.
Who was Miguel Cervantes?
Erasmus's masterpiece. It was a satire that made fun of everybody, especially the Church.
What is In Praise of Folly?
Michelangelo's 3D masterpiece. Often called the most perfect depiction of the human form.
What is David?