People Flashcards
Martin Luther
- German monk who triggered revolt of the Church
- author of the 95 Theses against indulgences
Leonardo Da Vinci
- artist of the Italian Renaissance
- famous for The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper
Michelangelo Buonarroti
- artist of the Italian Renaissance
- famous for sculpture of David and murals in the Sistine Chapel in Rome
Niccolo Machiavelli
-famous for the book “The Prince” (guide for rulers on how to gain and maintain power)
Johann Gutenberg
- famous for the printing press
- sparked the Printing Revolution
Thomas More
- English humanist
- wrote “Utopia”, describing new ideals for men and women, which supported social reforms
Albrecht Durer
- artist of the Renaissance (in the North)
- applied engravings to his paintings
John Calvin
- preached of “predestination”
- “Calvinists” attempted to live like saints
- set up a theocracy (government run by the church)
Henry VIII
-took over the English church to get what he wanted (mutiple wives)
Nicolaus Copernicus
- classified as a scientist
- proposed heliocentric model of the universe
Galileo Galilei
- scientist
- made astronomical telescope
- proposed that Earth moves around the sun
Francis Bacon/Rene Descartes
- scientists
- wanted to understand how truth is determined
- it is known by a process of investigation
- Bacon = experiments + observation
- Descartes = human reasoning
Isaac Newtown
- scientist
- created the theory/law of gravity
- used arithmetic known as calculus
Vasco da Gama
- Portuguese voyager
- voyaged around Africa to India
- set up the first European posts in India
Prince Henry
- led the way in sponsoring exploration for Portugal
- under his leadership many islands and African territories were discovered and claimed for Portugal