World History - Unit 1

Renaissance

Rebirth

Humanism

Intellectual movement focused on education and the classics

Secular

Non- religious

Individualism

Emphasis on personal achievement and reaching your potential

Perspective

Allowed a flat painting to appear three-dimensional

Vernacular

Everyday language of ordinary people

Reformation

A major movement aimed at reforming the Catholic church, resulting in the creation of Protestant churches

Indulgences

Certificates sold by the Church; Luther strongly opposed their sale, arguing the church needed to stop corruption

95 thesis

A list written by Martin Luther detailing 95 reason he disagreed with Catholic Church practices-primarily the sale of indulgences

Excommunication

The withholding of sacraments or being officially kicked out of the Church, which was the Pope’s response to Luther

Northern Humanism

Played a major role by applying classical learning to Biblical critique, which laid the groundwork for the reformation

Lutheran

Focus on faith and grace

Calvinist

Focus on God’s control

Anglican

Middle way

Heliocentric

The idea that the sun is at the center of the universe