Renaissance And Reformation Flashcards
(15 cards)
Time period of the Renaissance?
Around 1300-1600
Whit city did the Renaissance start in?
Florence, Italy
What is humanism?
People believed in more human ideas instead of religious
What fueled the Italian Renaissance?
Trade provided wealth that fueled the Renaissance.
What made the Medicci family important in the Renaissance?
They were bankers that loaned and invested money to governments all over Europe including the pope.
Who was Lorenzo the magnificent
The leader of Florence during the height of the Renaissance
Explain humanist realism in art
Making paintings more realistic
Explain perspective
Making distance objects smaller than those closer to view. Paintings became 3-dimensional.
Who wrote the prince? & why was it important?
Niccolo Machiavolli
It was a handbook on how to dominate the world
Who invented the moveable printing press
Johannos Gutenburg
Why was the printing press such a revolutionary invention?
It made books cheaper and easier to make.
What did Martin Luther post on the door of the church in Wittenberg in 1517?
The ninety five thesis
How did the 95 thesis spread so quickly
Because of the printing press
What countries were Catholic & which were Protestant
Northern Europe=Protestant (England & Germany)
Southern Europe=Catholic
(Italy France & Spain)
What does Renaissance mean?
Rebirth
