WH Ch 5 Voc Flashcards
A system in which cities are the center of political, economic, and social life
Urban society
Worldly
Secular
A soldier who sells his services to the highest bidder
Mercenary
A gift or money or property paid at the time of marriage
Dowry
Not steady, wavering
Instability
A change to a lower state or level
Decline
An intellectual movement of the Renaissance based on the study of the humanities
Humanism
The language of everyday speech in a particular region
Vernacular
A painting done on fresh, wet plaster with water-based paints
Fresco
To gain or achieve
Attain
Having a distinctive quality or form
Style
A movement that developed in Northern Europe during Renaissance combining classical learning with the goal of reforming the Catholic Church
Christian humanism
A release from all or part of punishment for sin by the Catholic Church
Indulgence
The religious doctrine that Martin Luther developed
Lutheranism
The state of being saved through faith alone
Salvation