Reformation

Question 1

Erasmus

Answer 1

wanted to rewrite the bible so everyone could read it.

Question 2

Sir Thomas More

Answer 2

advisor to Henry VIII. killed after writing utopia

Question 3

The Praise of Folly

Answer 3

written in1509 by Erasmus first printed in 1511.

Question 4

Utopia

Answer 4

a perfect place (also a book written by Sir Thomas More)

Question 5

William Shakespeare

Answer 5

His plays invented new words, invented English drama, plumbed human soul as no other writer has/had

Question 6

Cervantes

Answer 6

Spanish writer, wrote in Spanish vernacular, wrote in a similarly humanistic style to Shakespeare and Rabelais, wrote Don Quioxte

Question 7

Don Quixote

Answer 7

a novel about a deluded knight on a quest for love and honor

Question 8

movable type

Answer 8

printing press

Question 9

Johann Gutenberg

Answer 9

introduced the printing press

Question 10

indulgences

Answer 10

little slips of paper that you had to pay for to be ‘free of sin’

Question 11

Martin Luther

Answer 11

said salvation came through faith and that you had to read the bible. wrote 95 theses. excommunicated in 1521.

Question 12

Pope Leo X

Answer 12

spent all of his money on lavish ordeals and had to sell indulgences. hated Martin Luther

Question 13

95 theses

Answer 13

a collection of Martin Luther’s ideas on Christianity (1517)

Question 14

recant

Answer 14

to take back

Question 15

excommunication

Answer 15

exiled from the Catholic Church

Question 16

Protestant

Answer 16

started with 95 theses. non-orthodox christianity. agree with martin luther

Question 17

Holy Roman Emperor

Answer 17

a ruler

Question 18

Peasants’ Revolt

Answer 18

when the peasants revolted against the church in 1524 (they must have smelled pretty… REVOLTING)

Question 19

Peace of Augsburg

Answer 19

treaty between lutheran and catholicism (1555)

Question 20

John Calvin

Answer 20

created the calvinist church, which was very strict and believed in predestination. people of geneva wanted him to be their ruler.

Question 21

predestination

Answer 21

god knows who is a saint or a sinner

Question 22

theocracy

Answer 22

started in Geneva (1541). god was the head of everything

Question 23

Huguenots

Answer 23

members of the protestant church of france

Question 24

Anabaptists

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One a few “radical” Protestant sects, beleived that people must chose to be Christian and thus did not baptize babies, opposed by Catholics as well as other Protestants. (Mennonites, Amish etc)

Question 25

Annul

Answer 25

to declare a marriage invalid

Question 26

Henry VIII

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had 6 wives: catherine of aragon (divorced), anne boleyn (executed), jane seymour (childbirth), anne of cleves (executed), catherine howard (executed), catherine parr. had 2 daughters (mary tudor and elizabeth I) and a sickly son (edward

Question 27

Anglican Church

Answer 27

started by Henry VIII because he wanted to divorce his wife. in america- episcopalian

Question 28

**Catholic Reformation

Answer 28

sometimes called the counter-reformation. people trying to go back to the way things were before the reformation. started with council of trent.

Question 29

**Council of Trent

Answer 29

roman catholic church meeting. december, 1545

Question 30

**Inquisition

Answer 30

group of institutions trying to fight heresy

Question 31

**Ignatius Loyola

Answer 31

spanish knight who founded the jesuits in 1534 after being wounded and converted in battle

Question 32

**Jesuits

Answer 32

the society of jesus.

Question 33

**ghetto

Answer 33

a poor part of a city where a certain discriminated group lives

Question 34

Why did the northern Renaissance take place nearly 100 years after the Italian Renaissance?

Answer 34

because rome itself was in italy, and ideas didn't spread as quickly. there were also religious rulers standing in the way.

Question 35

What issues did Erasmus raise in his writings?

Answer 35

he wrote about his view on christian life

Question 36

What issues did Thomas More raise in his writings?

Answer 36

he contrasted problems of real life

Question 37

What were three effects of the printing press in Europe?

Answer 37

1) ideas could be spread faster 2) books were more abundant and cheaper 3) more literacy

Question 38

Why did the Church face widespread criticism?

Answer 38

because of the writings of others

Question 39

How did Martin Luther challenge the Church?

Answer 39

martin luther said that popes and priests weren't necessary and that indulgences were sins themselves

Question 40

What role did John Calvin play in the Reformation?

Answer 40

he created a new religion (see calvinism)

Question 41

Why did England create a new Church?

Answer 41

because Henry VIII wanted to divorce his wife

Question 42

How did the Catholic church reform itself?

Answer 42

jesuits and other new religions

Question 43

What were some of the results of the Reformation?

Answer 43

new religions, some reconversion, unity, literacy, bibles had different languages