Final Flashcards
Machivelli
Wrote The Prince, taught princes in Italy how to use and maintain power
Dante
Wrote the divine comedy
Michaelangelo
Paints frescos (Sistine chapel) sculptor (David) architect (designed some for st peters)
Leonardo decaprio
Painted Mona Lisa and last supper
Medici family
Very rich popular family, own wool industry, sponsored Renaissance people
Condottiere
Mercenary leaders
Thomas More
Writes utopia (book about how humans can create paradise but really can’t)
Erasmus
Stays with the church because he believes God will help reform the church
Cervantes
Writes Don Quixote (makes fun of earlier periods while Renaissance is mature period)
Copernicus
Says the sun is the center of the universe “heliocentric universe”
Gutenberg
Creates the first practical printing press
Charles 5th
Calls diet of worms to tell off Luther, then releases edict of worms
St. Joan of Ark
Girls who led army at battle of Orleans because she got visions from saints
Battle of Agian Court
Battle between England and France where king Henry the 5th determined who gets the throne with treaty of Troyes
Battle of Bosworth Field
Between Yorks and Lancasters for English throne. Henry Tudor vs Richard. Henry Tudor wins.
Edict of worms
Written by Charles the 5th. Stated Martin Luther was an outlaw and Lutheranism was illegal.
Spanish Armada
Fleet of 30,000 soldiers 130 ships sent by King Philip the 2nd to attack Queen Elizabeth
Luthers 95 Thesis
95 ideas put up on front door of a church by Martin Luther stating he’ll argue anyone who wants to with them
Queen Elizabeth the 1st
Best queen, Anglican queen, does a lot of shit
Who does Luther believe has the highest authority in religion?
Bible
Who does Henry the 8th make head of church?
Himself and every next ruler after him
Predestination
John Calvin, says your predestined on salvation or not
Hugenots
French Calvinists who part took in the civil war of France and Catholics
Edict of Nantes
Religious toleration of Huguenots in France (tells them to stay where they are, don’t bother Catholics)