Renaissance and Reformation Flashcards
The birthplace of the Italian Renaissance
Florence
assembled a library of ancient Greek and Roman manuscripts
Petrarch
During the Renaissance, there was a revival of interest in
individual achievement
how did Italy’s location help it make it the starting point of the Renaissance?
Location on the Med. Sea allowed trade w/ the Muslim world
in “The Prince” Machiavelli advises rulers to
be ruthless in achieving goals
a preist who spread renaissance humanism
Erasmus
described an ideal society (utopia)
Thomas More
an artist strongly influenced by the Italian renaissance
Albrecht Durer
the Northern Renaissance began in the cities of
flanders
M.L. first announced his opposition to the Catholic Church in the city of
wittenburg
Luther’s ideas mostly spread in
northern germany and flanders
to secape religious persecution, some Calvinists
sailed to the U.S.
in 1545, the council of trent
ordered that the jews be given freedom of religion
which statement best describes the religious persecution of the 1500s and 1600s
persecution was widespread
