Renaissance and Reformation Flashcards
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What is humanism?
A Renaissance intellectual / educational movement in which thinkers studied Classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements. Initially it was a Christian movement from Christian scholars.
Who was the Medici family?
Ruled Florence during the Renaissance, became wealthy from banking, spent a lot of money on art, and some became popes. From Florence. Patrons.
Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
A well known Italian Renaissance artist, architect, musician, mathemetician, engineer, and scientist. Known for the Mona Lisa and Last Supper
Who was Michelangelo?
(1475-1564) An Italian sculptor, painter, poet, engineer, and architect. Famous works include the mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, and the sculpture of the biblical character David.
Who was Raphael?
(1483-1520) Italian Renaissance painter; he painted frescos, his most famous being The School of Athens.
Who was Machiavelli?
Renaissance writer; formerly a politician, wrote The Prince, a work on ethics and government, describing how rulers maintain power by methods that ignore right or wrong; accepted the philosophy that “the end justifies the means.”
Who was Albrecht Durer?
Famous Northern Renaissance artist, he often used woodcutting along with Italian Renaissance techniques like proportion, perspective and modeling.
Who was Erasmus?
(1466?-1536) Dutch Humanist and friend of Sir Thomas More. Perhaps the most intellectual man in Europe and widely respected. Believed the problems in the Catholic Church could be fixed; did not support the idea of a Reformation. Wrote Praise of Folly.
Who was Sir Thomas More?
Pressed for social reform; humanist
Who was Johann Gutenberg?
German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468)
What was the Catholic Church?
Held GREAT power in the Age of Exploration. Led the Counter Revolution with the Council of Trent
What were indulgences?
a pardon releasing a person from punishments due for a sin
recant
to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract
Predestination
the belief that what happens in human life has already been determined by some higher power
95 Theses
It was nailed to a church door in Wittenberg, Germany in 1517 and is widely seen as being the catalyst that started the Protestant Reformation. It contained Luther’s list of accusations against the Roman Catholic Church.
Diet of Worms
Assembly of the estates of the empire, called by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in 1521. Luther was ordered to recant but he refused. Charles V declared Luther an outlaw
John Calvin
1509-1564. French theologian who later moved to Geneva, Switzerland. Developed the Christian theology known as Calvinism. Attracted Protestant followers with his teachings. T.U.L.I.P
John Knox
This was the man who dominated the reform movement in Scotland. He established the Presbyterian Church of Scotland so that ministers ran the church, not bishops
T.U.L.I.P
Total Depravity
Unconditional Election
Limited Atonement
Irresistible Grace
Perseverance of the Saints
Total Depravity
People are sinners
Unconditional Election
Predestination
