Vocab1 Flashcards
- Renaissance
“a period of European history, lasting from about 1300 to 1600, during which renewed interest in classical culture led to far-reaching changes in art, learning, and views of the world. ”
- Humanism
“Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements.”
- Secular
“ concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters.”
- Patrons
“a person who supports artists, especially financially.”
- Perspective
“ an artistic technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat surface. ”
- Vernacular
“the everyday language of people in a region or country. ”
- Utopia
“an imaginary land described by Thomas More in his book Utopia—hence, an ideal place. ”
- Shakespeare
“The most famous writer of the Elizabethan Age ”
- Gutenberg
“a printing press that incorporated a number of technologies in a new way. ”
- Indulgence
“ a pardon releasing a person from punishments due for a sin.”
- Reformation
“a 16th-century movement for religious reform, leading to the founding of Christian churches that rejected the pope’s authority. ”
- Lutherans
“ a member of a Protestant church founded on the teachings of Martin Luther.”
- Protestant
“a member of a Christian church founded on the principles of the Reformation.”
- Peace of Augsburg
“ a 1555 agreement declaring that the religion of each German state would be decided by its ruler.”
- Annul
“ to cancel or set aside.”
- Anglican
“relating to the Church of England.”
- Predestination
“the doctrine that God has decided all things beforehand, including which people will be eternally saved.”
- Calvinism
“a body of religious teachings based on the ideas of the reformer John Calvin.”
- Theocracy
“a government in which the ruler is viewed as a divine figure.
2. a government controlled by religious leaders.”
- Presbyterians
“a member of a Protestant church governed by presbyters (elders) and founded on the teachings of John Knox.
- Anabaptists
“in the Reformation, a member of a Protestant group that believed in baptizing only those persons who were old enough to decide to be Christian and believed in the separation of church and state.”
- Catholic Reformation
“a 16th-century movement in which the Roman Catholic Church sought to make changes in response to the Protestant Reformation..n
- Council Trent
“a meeting of Roman Catholic leaders, called by Pope Paul III to rule on doctrines criticized by the Protestant reformers.”
- Edict of Nantes page
“a 1598 declaration in which the French king Henry IV promised that Protestants could live in peace in France and could set up houses of worship in some French cities.”
