History Flashcards
What does the word Renaissance mean in Italian ?
Rebirth or Revival signifies 2 classical ideals
We spoke about a number of contributing factors to the beginning of the Renaissance, aside from the fall of the Byzantine Empire, what were they?
Famine of 1315, Black Death, 100 years War
There was a major technological innovation that helped to kick off the Renaissance, what was it and what did it do?
Guten Berg press - it copies things
Art during the Renaissance changed in a number of ways, what are two ways it changed ?
The introduction of shading and adding a range of motion to the subjects
This master of the Renaissance worked largely in Florence, began his career as a draftsman, and ended up striking and damaging his final sculpture, who is he?
Michelangelo
This master of the Renaissance is often remembered for his paintings, but he was also a scientist, who was particularly interested in flying, who is he ?
Leonardo Da Vinci
This Italian writer became famous for his opinion on how princes should rule through fear, rather than love, who is he ?
Machiavelli
We discussed two other writers during the late Renaissance, who were not from Italy, they were who and who?
Erasmus and Tomas More
We spoke about four central doctrines of the Catholic Church during this time frame, Transubstantiation was one of them, what does it have to do with?
Transubstantiation has to do with how the Catholic Church understands communion, thinking that the bread and wine literally become Jesus´ body and blood
What were the words spoken over the communion so that it changed into Christ´s body and blood?
This is my body
The Catholic Church also strongly emphasized the importance of this, for salvation …
The necessity of works
We spoke about an institution in the Catholic Church during this time that sought to root out heresy, what was it called?
The Inquisition
We spoke about a time when the Papacy was removed from Rome and moved to France, this time frame is known as either …
The Avignon Papacy of the Babylonian Captivity
How many popes were there at one point during the Papacy´s stay in France ?
3
What tended to happen to people who questioned the doctrine of the Catholic Church during this time?
Torched , prison , killed
We spoke about two forerunners to the Reformation, what was the name of the one from Germany and how did he end up dying ?
Yan Huss, burned at the steak
We spoke about two forerunners to the Reformation, what was the name of the one from England and what did he do?
John Whycliffe - he published an early translation of the Bible into English
We mentioned three named Reformers, one German, One Swiss, and one French, who were they ?
Martin Luther, Ulrich Zwingli, and John Calvin
What was Martin Luther planning on being, before he became a monk ?
Lawyer
What was a major issue for Martin Luther with the Catholic Church …
Selling indulges
Luther nailed his objections to the door of his local church and mailed them to the archbishop, what was the name of of this document ?
95 theses
Did Luther originally want to split from the Catholic Church ?
No
Before Ulrich Zwingli was a reformer, he was a what ?
Priest
The Issue that drove Zwingli and Luther apart was what ?
They had different views of communion
What was Zwingli´s view of communion ?
Purely symbolic and blood, but Jesus was present under the loaf
What was Luther´s view of communion ?
wasn’t literally body and blood, but Jesus was present under the loaf
We mentioned a group of reformers who were dedicated to radical obedience to Jesus´ words, what was their name ?
The Anabaptist
What made the Anabaptist so different from the other
reformers ?
They avicated for non vilance , wouldn’t serve as shoulders , view on baptism
We mentioned a number of different phrases that were used during the Reformation, what do Sola Fide and Sola Scripture
mean ?
Only Scripture - Bible is highest authority , Only faith - saved by Jesus alone
During the Catholic Counter Reformation, a new monastic order was founded by a guy named Ignatius of Loyola, known as the Society of Jesus, or what …
The Jesuits
