The Renaissance Flashcards
Who was the Mona Lisa created by?
Leonardo da Vinci
The Renaissance was not a single event, but what?
A series of events
What did the German printer, Johannes Gutenburg, create?
A machine that used movable type to print papers
What was the key feature of the Renaissance?
William Shakespeare’s interest in the human character
What did Martin Luther learn about that caused him to write his official challenge to the Church?
The selling of indulgences
What did Martin Luther write in order to challenge the role of the priests?
A priest was nothing else that an officeholder
What did the Anabaptists not believe in?
Baptism of infants
What was the purpose of the Jesuits?
To educate people and spread the Catholic faith
Where did the Renaissance movement begin?
Florence, Italy
What did many Renaissance writers turn their attention to from the Church?
The ideas and writings of ancient Romans and Greeks
What was the main focus of Renaissance visual artists?
Nature and the human form
What is the name of the movement that applies humanism to Christianity?
Christian humanism
What was one of the reasons preacher Johann Tetzel was selling indulgences?
To raise money for a glorious new church building in Rome
What did Martin Luther feel the final authority come from?
The Bible because it was God’s Holy Word
Where did the Protestant Reformation take place?
Outside the Church
Why did King Henry VIII of England break from the Church and form form the Church of England?
The Church would not officially end his marriage
What does the word renaissance actually mean?
French word for rebirth
What was the Renaissance really?
The rebirth of the thirst or quest for knowledge
Where did the Renaissance begin specifically?
Florence, Italy
What was the focus of art and literature during the Middle Ages?
The Church/religion/Christianity
How did that focus change during the Renaissance?
Humanism
People began to pay attention to nature, beauty, etc
List at least five things that Leonardo da Vinci was
- inventor
- scientist
- engineer
- architect
- anatomist
- astronomer
- painter
- sculptor
- alchemist
- musician
List at least five things Leonardo da Vinci planned and invented.
- wings
- submarine
- machine gun
- parachute
- flying machine
- water shoes
- covered chariot
- movable bridge
- Mona Lisa
Who invented the printing press?
Gutenberg
What were the individual letters called?
Movable type
From where did the idea of the printing press come?
The machine used to press grapes
Who was England’s best known poet?
William Shakespeare
Name one of William Shakespeare’s plays?
Romeo and Juliet
What was the name of William Shakespeare’s theatre?
Globe Theater
Who sculpted The David and painted the Sistine Chapel?
Michelangelo
What was Johann Tetzel selling and why?
Indulgences
To build a New Church
Martin Luther believed salvation came not through good works but what?
Faith
What did Luther write and post on the church door in Wittenberg, Germany?
Ninety-Five Theses
List at least 5 issues that Luther had against the Church.
- indulgences
- salvation comes from faith not good works
- being a priest was just a job
- challenge the authority of the Pope
- if Pope doesn’t follow the Bible, don’t follow the Pope
- bibles in local language
- church services in local language
How did the Church respond to Martin Luther’s complaints?
Excommunicated Luther
What did he start by quitting the Church?
He started the Protestant Reformation
List 3 new Christian denominations to come from this.
- Lutheran Church
- Anglican Church
- Zwinglians
What church did Henry VIII establish?
Church of England
When the Church finally fixed itself, what was that called?
Catholic Reformation
Who was the Pope who helped the Church fix itself?
Pope Paul III
