Chapter 14 VTP Flashcards
Henry VIII
An English king who was ruthless to his enemies and beheaded 2 of his wives. He established the Church of England
Theocracy
A government run by religious rulers
Heliocentric
Based on the belief that the sun is the center of the universe
Annul
To cancel or invalidate
Patron
Financial supporter of the arts
Scientific method
A painstaking method used to confirm findings and to prove or disprove a hypothesis
Leonardo da Vinci
And Italian artist of the renaissance.
In addition to painting, he was an inventor and made sketches of nature, the human body, flying machines, etc.
He dissected corpses to make sketches of the human body
Predestination
Idea that God long-ago determined who will gain salvation
Humanities
Study of subjects taught in ancient Greece and Rome, such as grammar, rhetoric, poetry, and history
Isaac newton
A scientist who Used math to discover the law of gravity
He argued that nature follows uniform laws, and all motion in the universe can be measured and described mathematically
Martin Luther
Wrote 95 theses, or arguments, against indulgences, stating that indulgences had no basis in the Bible
A monk who rejected many of the teachings of the Catholic Church, and was a key figure in the protestant reformation
Indulgence
In the Roman catholic church, pardon for sins committed during a persons life time