quiz john knox Flashcards
what battle was considered the gettysburg of the 100 years war
the battle of agincourt
who won the battle of poitiers
england
who wrote king Henry the 5th’s speech for after the battle
William Shakespeare
what is the girl who was burned at the stake for saying that she was lead by God and that God has visited her
Joan of arc
what does renaissance mean in french
it means rebirth
what is humanism
a philosophy that stresses man and his life on earth rather than god and heaven
what is the king that takes the throne at age 1
king henry the 5th
who fought in the war of the roses
the Lancaster’s Vs. the York’s
what house emerges after the battle of the roses
the house of tudor
What are Dante’s 2 most famous works
the inferno
the divine comedy
who wrote Utopia
Thomas Moore
What is Michelangelo famous for
David
sistine chapel
who funded Michelangelo
Pope Julius II
what is Leonardo Da Vinci famous for
mona lisa
what were the names of 2 powerful italian families
Sforzas and the medicis
who created the printing press
gutenberg
what Augustinian monk called out the church
Martin Luther
where was Martin Luther a professor
Wittenberg University
who was the pope at the time of Luther’s 95 thesis
pope leo the 10th
what was luther’s punishment
he was excommunicated
what was the formal meet between luther and the high ranking church officials called
the diet of worms
what was the name of john calvin’s book
Institutes of the christian religion
what were calvin’s followers called
huguenots
giovanni wrote…
decameron
