Renaissance & Reformation Flashcards
- King of England
- Divorced and dismissed the authority of the Pope in Rome
- Headed the national Church of England
- Gave away the lands and the wealth of the Catholic Church in England
King Henry VIII
- March 6, 1475-February 18, 1564
- Florentine sculptor, painter, and architect
- Outstanding figure of the Renaissance
Michelangelo
Invented the printing press
Johannes Gutenberg
Focus of expansion of intellectual ideas; Reasoning and rational thoughts instead of religious teachings
Humanism
Confession of sins; Pay of sins
Indulgence
- Born in Saxon, Germany
- Believed you can achieve “salvation by faith alone.”
- Bible is sole authority
- 95 Theses: October 31, 1517
Martin Luther
- Born in France
* Predestination and faith would be revealed by living a righteous life, and working hard
John Calvin
- From England, before Martin Luther criticized the power and corrupt actions of the Catholic Church
- Translated Bible to English
John Wycliff
Rebirth
Renaissance
- October 26, 1466-June 21, 1527
- Dutch humanist and theologist
- Leading Renaissance scholar of Northern Europe
- Opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther
- Known for informal conversations
- The Praise of Folly
Erasmus
- Painter, sculptor, designer, architect, and student
- “The Admiration of the Magi”
- “Mona Lisa”
- “The Last Supper”
•”Horse and Rider”
- Weapons
- Buildings
- Machinery
- Human anatomy
- Geometry
- Flying machines
Leonardo DiVinci
- From Bohemia; criticized the sale of indulgences
* Died by burning at the stake
Jan Huss
- Queen of England
- Nationalized the Anglican Church
- Tolerance for dissenters
- Colonial expansion
- Defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588
Queen Elizabeth
- Theater
- Tragedies and comedies
- Essays and sonnets
Shakespeare
- Gave French Protestants (Huguenots) religious freedom
* Was later revoked
Edict of Nantes
Reaffirmed most Catholic doctrines after challenges brought upon it during the Protestant Reformation
Council of Trent
A minister for a weak king got France involved in the War for political reasons
Cardinal Richelieu
16th-century movement for the reform of abuses in the Roman Catholic Church ending in the establishment of the Reformed and Protestant Churches
“The Reformation”
