Reformation Flashcards
Relics
Tangible remains of significant historical people or objects associated with them (bones of saints, Jesus’ cloth etc)
Ulrich Zwingli
Swiss Protestant reformer who abolished all paintings and decorations in a Catholic Church and became priest in Zürich-preacher abt reforming Catholic Church-influenced cities
Charles V
Charles I, King of Spain, elected holy roman emperor as Charles V. Unable to defeat Lutherans in Germany, issued a truce (peace of Augsburg), wants to preserve unity
Gutenberg
Invented movable-type printing in Europe
Indulgences
Piece of paper given by the pope which pardons your sins
Ignatius of Loyola
Spanish Knight who founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) leader of Counter-Reformation
Renaissance
Period of progress “rebirth” in Europe after the Dark Ages
Catholic Reformation
Revitalization of the RCC
Peace of Augberg
Truce between Lutheran and Catholic states that formally acknowledged the schism of Christianity
Medicis
Family who controlled Florence throughout much of the Italian Renaissance (starting with Cosimo de’ Medici who controlled merchant oligarchy) patron of the arts
Hanseatic League
Commercial and defense (against robbers) association of German merchant guilds in N Europe
Thomas More
English humanist, wrote Utopia
Johann Tetzel
Roman Catholic preacher guys who Martin Luther disliked for giving out indulgences in exchange for money “As soon as the coin in the coffer rings the soul from purgatory springs”
King Henry VIII
English, created Anglicanism to divorce wife so he can remarry all dese hoes and get a boy
Act of Supremacy
Granted by the British parliament who voted to allow King Henry VIII to be the head of the Church of England, in which he est Anglicanism