Renaissance and Reformation Vocabulary (all words can be found in the textbook glossary)
Renaissance: A period of European history lasting from about 1300 to 1600 during wich renewed interest in classical culture led to far reaching changes in art, leading, and views of the world.
Humanism: Renaissance intellectual movement in wich thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential achievements.
Secular: Connected with worldly rather than spiritual matters Patron: A person who suports artists, especially fainancially
Perspective: An artistic technique that creates the appearance of three dimension on a flat surface
Vernacular: Everyday language of people in region or country.
Johann Gutenberg - developed a printing press that incorporated a number of technologies
in a new way.
Reformation: A 16th century movement movement for religious reform leading to the founding of Christain churches that rejected peoples authority.
Indulgence: Realising a person from punishments due for a sin
Protestant: A member of a Christan church founded on the principles of the reformation
Peace of Augsburg: Agreement declaring that the religion of each German state would be decided bt it’s ruler
Predestination: The doctrine that God has decided all things beforehand including wich people will be eternally saved.
Theocracy: Government controlled by religious leaders.
Jesuit: Members of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola
Council of Trent: A meeting of Roman catholic leaders called by Pope Paul lll to rule on doctrines criticzed by the Protestant reformers.
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