The Renaissance Flashcards

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Gravity

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Physical pull of objects to other objects

-discovered by Newton

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Annul

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Cancel or invalidate

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Patron

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Person who provides financial support for the arts

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Perspective

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Artistic technique used to give drawings and paintings a 3D effect

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Theocracy

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Government run by religious leaders

Ex: Geneva

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Heliocentric

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Based on the belief that the sun is the center of the universe

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Humanism

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Intellectual movement at the heart of the Italian Renaissance that focused on sorely subjects rather than religious issues

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Indulgence

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Pardon from sins committed during a persons lifetime

-grants release from Purgatory

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Predestination

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Idea that God long ago determined who will gain salvation

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Recant

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Give up on ones views or beliefs

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John Calvin (3)

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  • supported predestination and theocratic government
  • created Calvinism
  • Geneva= community based on Calvin’s teachings
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Henry VIII (4)

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  • English King
  • Eight wives
  • was against the Reformation at first
  • converted himself and all of England to Protestant when he pope refused to annul his marriage
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Leonardo da Vinci (2)

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  • artist, engineer, musician, and architect

- famous works- Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, The Flying Machine

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Niccolo Machiavelli

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-wrote “The Prince”, describing how leaders should rule

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Lorenzo de Medici (1)

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-patron of the arts

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Copernicus (2)

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-proposed the heliocentric theory
Heliocentric theory- the sun is the center of universe
- published “On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Sphere”

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Martin Luther (4)

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  • spoke out against church corruption
  • wrote the 95 theses
  • excommunicated by the church
  • created Lutheransim
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Albrecht Durer (2)

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  • painter and engraver

- helped spread the a Renaissance to Northern Europe

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Newton (3)

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  • discovered the theory of gravity, which helped explain the movement of the planets and other celestial bodies
  • 3 laws of motion
  • said all movement in the universe can be explained using math
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Why did Galileo withdraw his theories about the Earth’s rotation?

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The Inquisition threatened to execute

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What effect does the printing press have on Europe? (3)

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  • printing books become cheaper and easier to produce (more people able to read)
  • Europeans gained access to new ideas
  • Presses contributed to religious turmoil, which leads to the Reformation
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Reasons the Renaissance began in Italy (3)

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-visible reminders of Ancient Rome
(Architecture, statues, coins, inscriptions)
-located on the ocean shore
-Florence, Milan, and Venice grew into prosperous areas of trade and manufacturing

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What was Elizabeth’s religious policy during her reign?

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After a series of reforms, she cautiously allowed the practice of Catholic faith along with Protestant religion

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What did Renaissance artists focus on? (2)

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  • Individuals rather than religion

- worldly ideas

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What was Martin Luther's criticism of the Church?
-selling indulgences was not in the bible
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What were the results of the Catholic Reformation?
- restriction on Jews - more accusations of witchcraft - Catholics felt renewed
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What new idea does Copernicus propose?
Heliocentric theory- the idea that the sun stood at the center of the universe
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Who began reading as a result of the use of vernacular in writing?
Normal people/peasants
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How did the church pay for their large scale projects(building cathedrals)?
Charging money for salvation (indulgences)
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How did the church react to Martin Luther's ideas?
It demanded that Luther recant his ideas. When he didn't, the church excommunicated him and became stricter with their religion.
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How did Matin Luther think you got into heaven?
-through faith and honest want for forgiveness, not paying off their sins to the priest
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If you laughed in a church in Calvinism, it was considered a(n)....
Offense that warranted punishment
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What was the new scientific method based on?
Observation and experimentation