Northern Renaissance and Monarchies of Northern Europe, Chapter 10 Flashcards
Why did Royalty encourage schools and literacy?
Provide future staff for kingdoms
What were the effects of the Printing Press?
More books on widely known topics became widely availible, less credulous and docile laity
Why were books before the Printing press so expensive?
They were printed on vellum (cumbersome and expensive)
Who is Johann Gutenberg?
Invented printing with moveable type, Mainz Germany became the center of printing for whole of western Europe because of him
Who is Erasmus?
Prince of Humanists, most famous northern humanist,educational and Religious reformer, catholic
What are colloquies?
Latin dialogues teaching how to speak and live well grew in number including antithetical and satires on religious dogmatism and superstition
What are adages?
Ancient and contemporary proverbs
What did Erasmus translate the new testament into?
Greek(1516) and latin(1519)
Who is Rudolf Agricolon?
Father of German Humanism, introduced Italian Learning
Who is Conrad Celtis
First German Poet laureate
Who is Ulrich von hutten?
Gave humanism a nationalist coloring, knight, hostile to non German cultures especially Romans, attacked indulgences, wrote the donation of Constantine
Who is Johanna Reuchlin?
Foremost Christian authority on Hebrew and Jewish learning, wrote first reliable Hebrew grammar
What occurred in 1506 when a Christian made movement against Jewish writings surfaced?
Predetermined attacked Reuchlin and many German humanists came to his defense even though they weren’t exactly pro-Jew, resulted in letters of obscure man (1515)
Who is William Grocyn and Thomas Linacre?
Contributed to marking of English humanism
Who is John Colet?
Patronized human studies for young and promoted religious freedom
Who is Thomas More?
Best known English Humanist, close friend of Erasmus, wrote Utopia in 1516 which was an imaginary society based upon reason and tolerance, was diplomat of Henry VIII but was executed after he disagreed with the act of supremacy
Who is Guillotine Bude?
Greek Scholar
Who is Jacques Lefevre d Etaple?
Biblical authority
What three countries were prepared for the reformation and why was Spain not?
France, England and Germany, Spain entered the service of the Catholic Church
Who is Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros
Confessor to Queen Isabella, Grand Inquisitor (enforce strict religious orthodoxy), University of Acala, printed Greek edition of new testament, translated religious tracts, Complutension Polyglot Bible
There was a shift from ___________ to ___________
Feudal to national monarchies