Life in the Middle Ages part 1

Question 1

Renaissance

Answer 1

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.

Question 2

Milan

Answer 2

an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.

Question 3

Venice

Answer 3

Italian Venezia. a seaport in NE Italy, built on numerous small islands in the Lagoon of Venice.

Question 4

Florence

Answer 4

Italian Firenze. a city in central Italy, on the Arno River: capital of the former grand duchy of Tuscany.

Question 5

Rome

Answer 5

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.

Question 6

Medici Family

Answer 6

The richest family in Europe

Question 7

Humanism

Answer 7

any system or mode of thought or action in which human interests, values, and dignity predominate.

Question 8

Machiavelli

Answer 8

Niccolò di Bernardo [neek-kaw-law dee ber-nahr-daw] (Show IPA), 1469–1527, Italian statesman, political philosopher, and author.

Question 9

Perspective

Answer 9

a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface.

Question 10

Gutenberg

Answer 10

Johannes [yoh-hahn-uh s] (Show IPA), (Johann Gensfleisch) c1400–68, German printer: credited with invention of printing from movable type.

Question 11

Erasmus

Answer 11

Desiderius [des-i-deer-ee-uh s] (Show IPA), 1466?–1536, Dutch humanist, scholar, theologian, and writer.

Question 12

William Shakespeare

Answer 12

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”.

Question 13

Sir Thomas more

Answer 13

Sir Thomas More, venerated by Roman Catholics as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and noted Renaissance humanist.

Question 14

Flemish

Answer 14

of or relating to Flanders, its people, or their language.

Question 15

Michelangelo

Answer 15

(Michelangelo Buonarroti) 1475–1564, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.

Question 16

John Van EYCK

Answer 16

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.

Question 17

Albert Durer

Answer 17

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.

Question 18

Fresco

Answer 18

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.

Question 19

Indulgences

Answer 19

the act or practice of indulging; gratification of desire.

Question 20

Predestination

Answer 20

An idea

Question 21

Reformation

Answer 21

the act of reforming; state of being reformed.

Question 22

Martin Luther

Answer 22

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.

Question 23

Henry vlll (8)

Answer 23

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.

Question 24

John Calvin

Answer 24

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.

Question 25

Huguenots

Answer 25

A Huguenot is a designation for a French Protestant who follows the Reformed tradition. It was used frequently to describe members of the French Reformed Church until the beginning of the 19th century.