Europe during the middle ages Flashcards
anglican
of, relating to, or denoting the Church of England or any Church in communion with it.
95 theses
the theses of Luther against the sale of indulgences in the Roman Catholic Church, posted by him on the door of a church in Wittenberg, October 31, 1517.
counter reformation
Counter Reformation
n.
A reform movement within the Roman Catholic Church that arose in 16th-century Europe in response to the Protestant Reformation.
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zwingli
of or relating to Ulrich Zwingli or his teachings and especially his doctrine that Christ’s presence in the Eucharist is not corporeal but symbolic.
ignatius of loyal
Saint Ignatius of (Iñigo López de Loyola) 1491–1556, Spanish soldier and ecclesiastic: founder of the Society of Jesus.
council of trent
The Council of Trent (Latin: Concilium Tridentinum), held between 1545 and 1563 in Trento (Trent) and Bologna, northern Italy, was one of the Roman Catholic Church ‘s most important ecumenical councils. Prompted by the Protestant Reformation, it has been described as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation.
jesuits
a member of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order of priests founded by St. Ignatius Loyola, St. Francis Xavier, and others in 1534, to do missionary work. The order was zealous in opposing the Reformation. Despite periodic persecution it has retained an important influence in Catholic thought and education.
city-state
a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state
scientific revolution
the period of advances in science that was at its height in the 17th century and produced widespread change in traditional beliefs held since the Middle Ages
heliocentic theory
The theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun is called the heliocentric theory, helio meaning sun and centric meaning in the center. This theory was developed in parts by different astronomers over many years, namely Aristarchus, Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo.
roger bacon
- Roger Bacon-English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292).
copernicus
Nicolaus [nik-uh-ley-uh s] (Show IPA), (Mikolaj Kopernik) 1473–1543, Polish astronomer who promulgated the now accepted theory that the earth and the other planets move around the sun (the Copernican System)
kepler
crater on the Moon in Oceanus Procellarum, 32 km20 mi in diameter
galileo
an American space probe to Jupiter launched in 1989. It reached the vicinity of Jupiter in 1995 and released a probe which descended into Jupiter’s atmosphere.
scientific method
The scientific method is a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. To be termed scientific, a method of inquiry is commonly based on empirical or measurable evidence subject to specific principles of reasoning.
