chapter 9 europe middle ages Flashcards
anglican
tradition within Christianity comprising the Church of England and churches which are historically tied to it or hold similar beliefs, worship practices and church structures.
95thesis
The Ninety-five Theses or Disputation on the Power of Indulgences (Latin: Disputatio pro declaratione virtutis indulgentiarum [a]) are a list of propositions for an academic disputation written by Martin Luther in 1517.
counter reformation
was the period of Catholic resurgence initiated in response to the Protestant Reformation, beginning with the Council of Trent (1545–1563) and ending at the close of the Thirty …
zwingli An
Zwinglian. : of or relating to Ulrich Zwingli or his teachings and especially his doctrine that Christ’s presence in the Eucharist is not corporeal but symbolic.
ignatius of Loyola
A sixteenth-century Spanish priest of the Roman Catholic Church; the founder of the Jesuits. Ignatius of Loyola is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church.
council of trent
The Council of Trent (Latin: Concilium Tridentinum), held between 1545 and 1563 in Trento (Trent) and Bologna, northern Italy, was one of the Roman Catholic Church’s most important ecumenical councils.
Jesuits
a member of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order of priests founded by St. Ignatius Loyola, St. Francis Xavier, and others in 1534, to do missionary work.
city state
city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
scientific revolution
The scientific revolution was the emergence of modern science during the early modern period, when developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology (including human anatomy) and chemistry transformed the views of society about nature.
heliocentic theory
Heliocentric theory is a model of the solar system that posits a central place for the Sun, with the planets orbiting it.
roger bacon
an English philosopher and Franciscan friar who placed considerable emphasis on the study of nature through empirical methods.
corpernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe
kepler
German astronomer and mathematician who is considered the founder of celestial mechanics.
galileo
Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars;
scientific method
a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
