Renaissance Vocabulary Flashcards
What is the meaning of Renaissance?
A renewal or rebirth of interest in Greek and Roman arts.
What word means “having to do with town or city”?
Urban!
What does the word “Secular” mean?
Related to worldly things.
What is the practice of conducting negotiations between countries?
Diplomacy!
What is Humanism?
It’s the belief in worth of the individual and that reason is a path to knowledge.
What religious movement produced a new form of Christianity known as Protestantism?
Reformation!
What does the word “indulgence” mean?
A pardon, or forgiveness of a sin.
What religous belief is the belief that God has already decided who will go to heaven and who will not?
Predestination!
What is the meaning of the word “annul”?
To declare invalid.
What religous belief is the belief that contradicts what the church says as true?
Heresy!
