Renaissance
What was “reborn” during the Renaissance?
Art, knowledge, litterature, and a lot more.
Why did King Henry VIII of England leave the Catholic Church and form the Protestant Anglican Church?
The reason was because the pope didn't allow him to divorse his wife so he couldn't have kids.
What was the main influence on Renaissance architects?
It helped them build and fight during battles.
Sonnet
a poem of 14 lines with a fixed rhyming pattern
What craft did Renaissance engineers pioneer?
They helped build some parts of the castle and the bridge.
Describe how the ideas of the Renaissance spread from Italy to other parts of Europe.
Scholars came to learn and they also brought back what they learned.
What was the Peace of Augsburg, and why was it necessary?
It was a treaty that allowed German rulers to decide which religion would follow. It also ended the war.
How did Renaissance art differ from medieval art in style and subject?
The renaissance art had more dynamic and medieval art was more religious.
picaresque
a series of comic episodes usually involving a mischievous character
What attracted nobles and peasants to move to cities and towns in the 1300s?
They wanted more money and opportunities to hold public office.
Why did Florence become the artistic center of the Renaissance?
Since ancient Roman times, Florence had been a major stop on trade routes. Many popular people also banked there. Such as The Medici and the Pope.
What was the result of war between Protestants and Catholics in France?
Henry converted the contholism. He gave the huguenots their freedom to worship.
How did the use of perspective affect art produced during the Renaissance?
It created depth and space with a vanishing point.
Individualism
C. Individual is the ultimate judge of what is good or important for him or herself.
If printing had been done for centuries, why is Gutenberg’s printing press considered a revolutionary technology?
It made books faster and less expensive so more people can learn to read and write. The first thing available was the bible because they were religious and it was the most loved book.
How did Renaissance ideas influence writers in Northern Europe to bring about reforms in the Church and society?
They influenced writes with new learning about reforms.
How did the Peace of Westphalia bring peace between Protestants and Catholics after the Thirty Years War?
It caused the war to end a the huguenots freedom to believe their beliefs.
What Art did Leonardo Da Vinci create?
The Mona Lisa
Secularism
B. The view that religion need not be the center of human affairs.
What was the Diet of Worms
The diet of worms was a diet given to slaves that Luther tried.
Why did the Renaissance begin in the Italian city-states and not elsewhere in Europe?
The reason is because of the location. They trade ideas and items. Members of the nobility and the mercantile class used their wealth to support artists and to elevate their own status in society.
Scientists- What they do?
Copernicus - heliocentric theory (sun is the center)
Kepler- Used math to show the Earth and other planets revolve around the sun
Galileo - Moons revolve around the planets, objects of different weights fall at same speed
Newton - theory of gravity; gravity keeps the planets and moons in orbit, More mass = more gravitational pull
Bacon - inductive reasoning
Descarte - (and Bacon) helped establish scientific method
What Art did Michelangelo create?
The Sistine Chapel
Humanism
A. They worshiped themselves and used worship of themselves to make themselves higher that others.
How did the Renaissance change education in Europe?
More books were written for children to read and write. That way literacy increased among ordinary people.