Chapter 4- Exchange Of Ideas Flashcards
What is heresy?
Opposing the church’s teachings.
What is the scientific method?
The process of making observations, experimenting, and drawing conclusions based on evidence.
What is anatomy?
Science of the structure of animals or plants.
What is astrology?
Superstitious “telling of the stars.”
What is an allegory?
A work with characters/events which are to be understood as representing other things symbolically.
What is excommunication?
Official exclusion from Catholic Church.
What are indulgences?
Purchased certificates reducing the time people would be punished for sins after death.
What is a scribe?
A person who copied books.
What is “disseminate” ?
To spread information.
Who was Galileo?
Italian astronomer and philosopher who publicized the sun-centred universe and invented the telescope.
Who was “the First Lady of the world”?
Isabella D’Este who ruled in her husbands absence.
What was “The Prince” and who wrote it?
A political controversial book written by Machiavelli.
What was a Machiavellian idea?
- A state is a creation of human beings.
* The difference between right and wrong is not important as long as you can stay in power.
Why were people disappointed in their religious leaders?
- Church took advantage of authority to gain power and money
- Didn’t honour vow of poverty and spent money on themselves
- Leaders bought their way into churches
In 1497, what did the citizens of Florence do?
The Bonfire of the Vanities, where people burned wigs, clothes, makeup and fancy clothes to stay focused on God.
Martin Luther thought what was the true spiritual guide?
The Bible, not the church.
What was the Protestant reformation?
Martin Luther and his supporters disagreed with the church’s corruption and started their own Lutheran church.
Who were the Medicis?
Humanists who sponsored artists.
Who invented the printing press?
Johannes Gutenberg
