Midterm Flashcards
Renaissance
Period of rebirth of art and learning in Europe lasting from about 1300 to 1600
Humanism
Focus on human potential and achievements
Secular
Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters
Vernacular
Use of native language instead of classical Latin
Johann Gutenberg
German craftsman who developed the printing press
Indulgence
Release from punishments due for a sin
Reformation
16th century movement for religious reform, leading to the founding of new Christian churches
Protestant
Member of a Christian church founded on the principles of the Reformation
Catholic Reformation
16th century movement in which the Roman Catholic Church sought to make changes in response to the Protestant Reformation
Jesuits
Members of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order founded by Ignatius Loyola
Council of Trent
A meeting of Roman Catholic leaders to rule on doctrines criticized by the Protestant reformers
Ghazis
Warriors for Islam
Osman
Successful ghazi who built a small state in Anatolia
Sultans
Rulers of Muslim states
Mehmed II
Conqueror who made Istanbul his capital
Suleyman the Lawgiver
Ruler who brought Ottoman Empire to its height
Devshirme
Policy for creating the sultan’s army