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Unit 9 - Renaissance Era Flashcards

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Definition of Renaissance

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Rebirth of Learning, Art & Greco-Roman Values

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Definition of Humanism (3)

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  1. Belief in Human Ability/Individuality
  2. Challenged Medieval Ideas on Religion/Superstition/Afterlife
  3. Emphasized understanding life on earth over preparing for afterlife
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Definition of Printing Press (4)

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  1. Movable type to transfer ink onto paper
  2. Enabled mass production of written materials
  3. Made books less expensive & accessible
  4. Spread new ideas rapidly & increased literacy rates
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Definition of Vernacular (3)

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  1. Use of Common Language in Texts
  2. Instead of Latin
  3. Represented Individualism
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Definition of Perspective (2)

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  1. Use of 3 - Dimensional Figures
  2. Use of Distance & Depth (Realism)
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Definition of Secular

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Non - Religious

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Definition of Utopia

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  1. Book written by Thomas More
  2. Imaginative depiction of an ideal society
  3. Means No Place
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Definition of The Prince (4)

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  1. Written in Vernacular (Common Language)
  2. Guidebook for Rulers
  3. “Ends Justify the Means” - do what’s needed for goals
  4. Better to be Feared than Loved to maintain Order
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Definition of Elizabethan Age (2)

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  1. Named after Elizabeth I (Supporter of the Arts)
  2. Period of English history during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I
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Definition of Reformation

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Change

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Definition of 95 Theses (5)

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  1. Written by Martin Luther
  2. Protested against RC Church
  3. Protested against Simony
  4. Protested against Unqualified Priests
  5. Protested against Indulgences
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Definition of Indulgences (4)

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  1. Official Pardon for Sins
  2. Authorized by the Pope & Roman Catholic Church
  3. Pay money for future sins, own sins, & family sins
  4. Only helped rich, contradicted the Bible
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Definition of Simony (4)

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  1. Buying & Selling of Church Officers
  2. Want to be a Bishop? Pay right amount of $
  3. Created unqualified/illiterate priests (can’t read latin)
  4. Job of priests is to interpret the Bible for other, cannot do that
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Definition of Protestantism (3)

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  1. Christian Denomination
  2. Emerged from the Protestant Reformation
  3. Rejection of some Catholic Doctrines
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Definition of Counter (Catholic) Reformation (3)

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  1. Catholic Church’s response to the Protestant Reformation
  2. Reaffirm Catholic doctrines & combat spread of Protestantism
  3. Council of Trent, Ignatius of Loyola & Jesuit Order
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Definition of Catholicism (3)

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  1. Catholic Denomination
  2. Pope is the Head
  3. Support Sacraments
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Definition of Calvinism (6)

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  1. Christian Denomination (Branch of Protestantism)
  2. Established by John Calvin
  3. Belief of Predestination
  4. Needed to follow the Bible
  5. Established Theocracy (Church & State worked together)
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Definition of Anglican Church (4)

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  1. Christian Denomination (Branch of Protestantism)
  2. English Monarch at the Head of Church
  3. Established by Henry VIII bc of annulment
  4. Masses & Bibles in English
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Definition of Council of Trent (4)

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  1. Part of the Counter Reformation
  2. Church Interpretation of the Bible is Final
  3. Christians need faith AND good works for salvation
  4. Indulgences are legal
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Definition of Peace of Augsburg (3)

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  1. People of Protestant Princes will be Protestant
  2. People of Catholic Princes will be Catholic
  3. Signed by Charles V, Permanent Religious Split
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Definition of Predestination (3)

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  1. God chose those who would go to heaven/hell
  2. Before Birth, nothing could be changed
  3. Ppl could kinda find ur fate thru ur behaviour
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Who was Michelangelo? (2)

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  1. Italian Renaissance Sculptor/Painter
  2. Famous Works: Pieta, Sistine Chapel
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Who was Leonardo da Vinci? (3)

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  1. Considered Renaissance Man
  2. Had Many Interests (Painting, Inventions, Anatomy…)
  3. Famous Works: Mona Lisa, Last Supper
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Who was Raphael? (2)

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  1. Italian Painter
  2. Famous Work: School of Athens (Perspective, Pops of Color)
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Who was Shakespeare?
Playwright during the Elizabethan Era
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Who was Gutensberg?
Created Printing Press
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Who was Machiavelli?
Wrote The Prince
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Who was Erasmus?
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Who was Thomas More?
Wrote Utopia
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Who was Francois Rabelais?
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Who was Elizabeth I? (2)
1. Reigned during the Elizabethan Age 2. Supported the Arts
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Who was the Medici Family? (3)
1. Had a lot of $/Bribed Gov/Dictatorship 2. Patron of the Arts in Florence, Italy 3. Loaned $ to Rising Artists
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Who was Albrecht Durer?
German Artist who used Woodcuts & Ink (4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse)
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Who was Martin Luther? (6)
1. Christian Monk 2. Created the 95 Theses 3. BELIEVED FAITH WAS THE WAY TO HEAVEN 4. Protested against Simony, Unqualified Priests & Indulgences 5. PRINTED BIBLE IN VERNACULAR 6. Actions formed Protestant Movement & new Denominations
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Who was John Calvin?
Created Calvinism, a branch of protestantism
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Who were Jesuits?
1. Religious order in Catholic Church 2. Founded by Ignatius of Loyola
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Who was Ignatius of Loyola? (5)
1. Part of the Counter Reformation 2. Formed Jesuits & Spiritual Exercises 3. Founded Schools 4. Education in Theology/Classical Studies 5. Convert non - christians to Catholics
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Who was Henry VII? (5)
1. Son of Henry 7th (Killed Richard III) 2. Father of Edward VI, Mary I & Elizabeth I 3. Had 7 Wives 4. Formed Anglican Church 5. bc he wanted to annul his first marriage
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Who was Mary I?
1. Daughter of Henry 8th 2. Catholic, persecuted protestants
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Who were Lutherans? (2)
1. Christian Denomination of Protestantism 2. Followed Martin Luther
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Who were Presbyterians? (4)
1. Christian Denomination (Branch of Protestantism) 2. Founded by John Knox 3. Used Ideas from John Calvin 4. Each church was governed by group of elders
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Who was John Knox?
Influenced by John Calvin and created Presbyterians
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Who were Anabaptists? (3)
1. Christian Denomination (Branch of Protestantism) 2. Believed infants should not be baptised till adulthood 3. Able to choose church as adults 4. Pacificts (VERY unpopular among others)

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