European Renaissance and Reformation - Chapter 17 Flashcards
Analyze the new ideas and values that led to the Renaissance and the Reformation.
Period of rebirth of art and learning in Europe lasting from about 1300 to 1600
Renaissance
Focus on human potential and achievements
Humanism
Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters
Secular
People who financially supported artists
Patrons
Art technique that recreates three dimensions
Perspective
Use of native language instead of classical Latin
Vernacular
An ideal place
Utopia
Famous Renaissance writer
William Shakespeare
German craftsman who developed the printing press
Johann Gutenberg
Release from punishments due for a sin
Indulgence
16th-century movement for religious reform, leading to the founding of new Christian churches
Reformation
Member of a Protestant church founded on the teachings of Martin Luther
Lutheran
Member of a Christian church founded on the principles of the Reformation
Protestant
Agreement in 1555 declaring that the religion of each German state would be decided by its ruler
Peace of Augsburg
Cancel or put an end to
Annul
Relating to the Church of England
Anglican
Doctrine that God has decided all things beforehand, including which people will be saved
Predestination
Religious teachings based on the ideas of the reformer John Calvin
Calvinism
Government controlled by religious leaders
Theocracy
Member of a Protestant church governed by elders and founded by John Knox
Presbyterian
Member of a Protestant group during the Reformation who believed only adults should be baptized. Also believed that church and state should be separate
Anabaptist
16th-century Catholic reform movement in response to Protestant Reformation
Catholic Reformation
Members of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola
Jesuits
Meeting of Roman Catholic leaders to rule on doctrines criticized by the Protestant reformers
Council of Trent
