Chapter 13 Study Guide
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Humanism
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The Renaissance intellectual movement that studied classical cultures to increase understanding of their own times.
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Humanites
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Subject such as grammar, poetry, rhetoric, and history.
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Petrarch
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Florentine humanist, poet, and scholar who assembled a library of Greek and Roman manuscripts to encourage learning.
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Florence
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An Italian city-state that produced many gifted artists, scholars, scientists , and architects.
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Patron
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A person who provides financial support for the arts.
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Perspective
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The artistic technique that allows an artist to portray depth and 3-dimensional qualities by making distant objects smaller.
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Leonardo
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artist, scientist, and inventor: best known for the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper & Sketches of inventions such as flying machines.
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Michelangelo
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He was a sculptor, engineer, painter, architect, and poet whose works include DAVID, The Pieta, and the Sistine Chapel.
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Raphael
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He was an artist whose works include THE SCHOOL OF ATHENS.
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Johann Gutenberg
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developed Printing Press and printed the Bible...books became cheaper, easier to produce and more available.
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Flanders
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A region that included parts of present-day northern France, Belgium, and the Netherlands; an important industrial and financial center of northern Europe.
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Albrecht Durer
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He was a northern artist who applied painting techniques to engraving.
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Engraving
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Art form in which an artist etches a design on metal plate with acid and then uses the plate to make multiple prints.
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Thomas More
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An English humanist who pressed for social reform.
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Utopian
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Idealistic or visionary, usually used to describe a perfect society.
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Shakespeare
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An English poet and playwright who wrote 37 plays.
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Indulgences
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..., Remission of sins granted to people by the Catholic church, such as for money
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Martin Luther
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An German monk and professor who triggered the revolt of the church.
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Wittenberg
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A city in northern Germany, where Luther drew up his 95 theses.
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Charles V
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The Holy Roman Emperor who summoned Luther to the diet at the city of Worms.
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Diet
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Assembly or Legislature
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John Calvin
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A French reformer put forth a number of ideas for how to run a Christian community.
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Predestination
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Calvinist belief that God long ago determined who would gain salvation.
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Geneva
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Swiss city-state which becomes a Calvinist theocracy in the 1500's.
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Theocracy
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Government run by religious leaders.h
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Sect
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A subgroup of a major religious group.
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Henry VIII
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A king who went against the Catholic Church because of his marriage.
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Mary Tudor
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daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon who was Queen of England from 1553 to 1558
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Thomas Cranmer
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replacement for Thomas Wolsey, he convinced Henry VIII that to get divorced from Catherine, he would need to break away from Rome. He was appointed by Henry as archbishop of Canterbury : declared Henry's marriage to Catherine null/void, prepared the common book of Prayer.
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Elizabeth
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The daughter of Anne and Henry VIII
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Canonize
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Recognize as a saint.
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Compromise
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An agreement in which each side make concessions; an acceptable middle ground.
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Council of Trent
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A group of Catholic leaders that met between 1545 and 1563 to respond to Protestant Challenges and direct the future of the Catholic Church.
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Ignatius of Loyola
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A Spanish knight who founded the Jesuits.
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Teresa of Avila
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An nun who founded her own order of nuns.
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Ghetto
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Separate section of a city where members of minority group are forced to live.
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What was the Renaissance and why did it start in Italy?
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One major reason the Renaissance began in Italy is linked to geography. The city-states of Italy, positioned on the Mediterranean Sea, were centers for trade and commerce, the first port of call for both goods and new ideas.
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In what ways could we consider Michaelangelo or Leonardo da Vinci a Renaissance Man?
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The term "Renaissance Man" refers to one who was capable of excelling at a wide variety of activities.
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What drove Martin Luther to write the 95 Thesis and what is the outcome of his action?
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He how corrupt the Church was. Luther was excommunicated and a revolt started.
