Reformers
His writing of the 95 Theses started the Reformation.
Who is Martin Luther?
They were sold by clergy to release people from performing penalties for their sins.
What are indulgences?
This invention allowed books to be printed faster and more inexpensively
What was the printing press?
The time when many people across Europe were illiterate
What was the Middle Ages?
He was an example of a Renaissance man as he was a painter, sculptor, inventor, and scientist (His name will later be used for a TMNT)
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
He broke away from the Catholic Church when the pope would not grant him a divorce.
Who is King Henry VIII?
Fake objects that could "cure illnesses" and bestow blessings
What are relics?
The European Renaissance mirrored these two ancient civilizations
What are ancient Greece and Rome?
During this time period, people celebrated human potential and education
What is the Renaissance?
Courts set up by the Catholic Church to find those who were against the Church
What was the inquisition?
A 16th Century movement for the reform of abuses in the Roman Catholic Church ending in the establishment of the Protestant Church.
What is the Reformation?
Giving Church positions to family members.
What is nepotism?
A cultured man of the Renaissance who was knowledgeable, educated, and proficient in a wide range of fields
Who is a Renaissance man?
A time when people looked to the Catholic Church to explain the world around them
What is the Middle Ages?
The name given to the new rich in society
What is the popolo grassi?
He was a humanist that believed salvation was for his elect.
Who is John Calvin?
Selling Church positions
What is simony?
People began to focus on human potential and achievements
What is humanism?
A time period in Europe from 500-1400 AD
What is the Middle Ages?
According to John Calvin, this is the group of people chosen by God for salvation
Who are the elect?
Efforts by the Catholic Church to examine its own beliefs and reform any corrupt practices
What is the Counter Reformation?
A split in the Catholic Church during the 1300s in which more than one man claimed to be pope.
What was the Great Schism?
Powerful Italian family of bankers, who controlled the Catholic Church's money
Who are the Medici family?
During the Renaissance, this determined a person's social status
What is wealth?
A word that means concerned with the world rather than spiritual matters
What is secular?