Life in the Middle Ages part 1 Flashcards
Renaissance
the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world.
Milan
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
Venice
Italian Venezia. a seaport in NE Italy, built on numerous small islands in the Lagoon of Venice.
Florence
Italian Firenze. a city in central Italy, on the Arno River: capital of the former grand duchy of Tuscany.
Rome
Italian Roma. a city in and the capital of Italy, in the central part, on the Tiber: ancient capital of the Roman Empire; site of Vatican City, seat of authority of the Roman Catholic Church.
Medici Family
The richest family in Europe
Humanism
any system or mode of thought or action in which human interests, values, and dignity predominate.
Machiavelli
Niccolò di Bernardo [neek-kaw-law dee ber-nahr-daw] (Show IPA), 1469–1527, Italian statesman, political philosopher, and author.
Perspective
a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface.
Gutenberg
Johannes [yoh-hahn-uh s] (Show IPA), (Johann Gensfleisch) c1400–68, German printer: credited with invention of printing from movable type.
Erasmus
Desiderius [des-i-deer-ee-uh s] (Show IPA), 1466?–1536, Dutch humanist, scholar, theologian, and writer.
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England’s national poet, and the “Bard of Avon”.
Sir Thomas more
Sir Thomas More, venerated by Roman Catholics as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and noted Renaissance humanist.
Flemish
of or relating to Flanders, its people, or their language.
Michelangelo
(Michelangelo Buonarroti) 1475–1564, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.
John Van EYCK
Jan van Eyck was an Early Netherlandish painter active in Bruges and one of the most significant Northern Renaissance artists of the 15th century. Little is known of his early life.
Albert Durer
Albrecht Dürer was a painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe when he was still in his twenties, due to his high-quality woodcut prints.
Fresco
Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.
Compare fresco secco.
Indulgences
the act or practice of indulging; gratification of desire.
Predestination
An idea
Reformation
the act of reforming; state of being reformed.
Martin Luther
Martin Luther was a German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation. Luther came to reject several teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church.
Henry vlll (8)
Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was the first English King of Ireland, and continued the nominal claim by English monarchs to the Kingdom of France.
John Calvin
John Calvin was an influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism.
