Renaiisance Notes Flashcards
Where did the Renaissance begin?
Italy
English Renaissance
Rebirth
1485-1625
When did it reach England?
200 years later
What flourished?
Literary, artistic, and intellectual development
What curriculum did universities add?
Humanities: history, geography, poetry, and modern language
What was invented by Gutenburg?
Printing press
What did more writers write in?
Vernacular
Age of exploration
Thirst for knowledge initiates this
What did Italy do?
Monopolized trade routes to Asia
What did Portugal and Spain do?
Seek an all sea-route, helped by compass and astronomy
What does England?
John Cabot discovers found land in 1497
Protestant reformation
Leads to formation of Anglican Church in England
How was the church corrupt?
Indulgences, mob-style hits in Church, protest, and defiance of Catholic Church
What do Erasmus and Thomas More focus on?
Mortality and religion
What did Martin Luther do in 1517?
Nailed 95 theses to the door of church in Germany
What did he intend to do?
To begin a debate and reform within Catholic Church
What happened that was not intended with the 95 Theses?
Ends up splitting the church
What do the Protestants split into?
Lutherans and Calvinists
What years was the Tudor dynasty?
1485-1603
It was a period of ____ and ______ expansion for England
Stability and economic
What does a Henry VII do?
Ends war of the roses, restores England’s shattered economy and domestic peace
What did Henry VIII do?
He begins catholic; writes a book attacking Luther and pope dubs him “Defender of the faith”
What marriage was when Henry VIII wanted an annulment?
Catherine of Aragon so that he can marry Anne Boleyn
What does the pope do?
He refuses but Henry remarries anyway
Act of supremacy
Henry assumes ful control of church in England,
severs all ties with Rome,
Seizes Catholic Church’s english properties
Sells of monastic lands,
Ruthlessly suppresses all opponents including monks, Friars,etc.
What did Henry VIII do to Thomas More?
Beheaded him when More refused to renounce Catholicism