Renaissance
What is the Renaissance?
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci?
Why were the best artists and scholars attracted to Florence during the Renaissance?
The Medici family invested heavily in the arts and made sure their city was known for the arts. It was only natural that if you were an artist you would make your way to Florence.
Who is Martin Luther?
A "bribe" the Catholic church was taking so you could enter heaven.
What is an Indulgence?
An intellectual movement where human achievements are celebrated and there is more of an emphasis on education.
What is Humanism?
The painter of the Sistine Chapel.
Who is Michelangelo?
We stopped relying on others and relied more on ourselves. Emphasis on the individual. (Answers may vary)
King Henry VIII's reason for separating from the Catholic church and starting the Church of England.
What is Divorce?
England was constantly divided between these two Religions based on their Monarch.
What is Protestant and Catholic?
What is Secular?
This English poet and playwright emphasized the experience of humans rather than biblical topics.
Who is William Shakespeare?
What chain of events followed Martin Luther's publication of his 95 Theses?
He was labeled a heretic by the Catholic church. He had to flee excommunication and execution and was kept hidden and safe. John Calvin interprets the bible his own way. Henry VIII starts the Church of England. 30 years war breaks out in mainland Europe.
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This individual slaughtered many who were not Catholic during the Reformation earning this gruesome nickname.
Who is Bloody Mary?
This branch of Christianity is a direst result of the Reformation
What is Protestant?
The Renaissance began in this wealthy city-state.
What is Florence Italy?
This architect constructed a dome within a dome for the Cathedral in Florence, Italy.
Who is Brunelleschi?
What might have happened if wealthy patrons had not supported Renaissance artists?
We would not have half of the renaissance artwork that we have today. Various art styles might never have been discovered. Da Vinci might not be as well known today.
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Believing in predestination, this Reformist established a Theocracy in Geneva.
Who is John Calvin?
The result of Reformation
What is a Split in the Catholic church?
The reason the Renaissance took longer to get to Northern Europe and England than it did for Italy.
What is recovering from the Black Plague?
This wealthy family of bankers and merchants were very good patrons to the arts.
Who is the Medici Family?
How might the world be different if the Reformation never happened?
A whole lot less death. We might all be Catholic. Less Sects of Christianity.
This individual improved on China's printing press with moveable type. This allowed for mass production of the Bible making it more accessible to everyone.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
Martin Luther believe that there was only one way to get into heaven.
What is Faith?