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Holland High:Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific Revolution
Essential Vocabulary
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History
10th Grade
03/25/2011

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Patron
Definition
  • a person who financially supoorts fine arts
Term
Humanism
Definition
  • an intellectual movement
  • study of the classical cultures of Greece & Rome
  • to understand their own times
Term
perspective
Definition
  • artistic technique
  • allows an artist to draw scenes that are more 3-dimensional
Term
Humanities
Definition
  • academic study of
  • poetry
  • rhetoric
  • history
Term
Florence
Definition
  • birthplace of the renaissance
  • home of the Medici family
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Leonardo da Vinci
Definition
  • Renaissance artist
  • inventor
  • painted the Mona Lisa
  • painted the last supper
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Raphael
Definition
  • Painted the school of Athens
  • Union of ancient thought with Renaissance
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Michaelango
Definition
  • Scultpted David
  • painted the Sistine Chapel
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Niccolo Machiavelli
Definition
  • author of "The Prince"
  • Explains how a person gains and keeps power
Term
Erasmus
Definition
  • Dutch Priest
  • Humanist
  • wanted a translation of the Bible so all could read it
Term

Characteristics of

Renaissance Art

Definition
  • Reflected Humanism
  • Returned to realism of classic times
  • Improved ways to represent humans

(Perspective)

Term
Johann Gutenberg
Definition
  • Invented printing press
  • Printed Bibles
  • Made books more available
  • More people read
Term
Indulgences
Definition

$ donated to

Roman Catholic Church

to wipe away

SINS

Term
Martin Luther
Definition
  • German monk
  • started the Reformation in Germany
  • Wrote a paper AGAINST the Roman Catholic Church
Term
John Calvin
Definition
  • Did not like the Roman Catholic Church
  • Preached that your fate has already been determined by God
Term
Anabaptists
Definition
  • People to wanted religious toleration
  • People who wanted the separation of church and state
Term
Theocracy
Definition
Government based on a specific religion
Term
Predestination
Definition
Your fate has already been determined by God
Term
Geneva
Definition
  • Place
  • People asked for John Calvin to lead them
  • A theocracy was made
Term
Wittenberg
Definition
  • German city
  • Luther met the priest selling indulgences
  • Luther wrote 95 Theses
Term
Diet of Worms
Definition
  • The Assembly
  • Wanted Luther to change his views
  • Luther refused
  • Started the Reformation
Term

Teachings of Luther

with

Roman Catholic Church

Definition
  • Luther hated the abuses of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Luther saw the Bible as the only source of truth
  • Luther rejected the Roman Catholic Church traditions and rituals
Term
Effects of Reformation on Europe and World History
Definition
  • Efforts of Luther, Calvin and Zwingli

Caused

  • The Roman Catholic Church was once united and large
  • Now it had a bunch of smaller churches to compete against
Term
Geocentric Theory
Definition
  • The Earth is the center of the Solar System
  • The Earth may be the center of the Universe
Term
Heliocentric Theory
Definition
  • Started by Nicolas Copemicus
  • Sun is the center of the Solar System
Term
Aristotelian Thought
Definition
  • Aristotle
  • Believed in an Earth centered Solar System
Term
Copernicus
Definition
  • 1543
  • Proposed a Heliocentric model of our Solar System
  • Sun-Centered
Term
Tycho Brahe
Definition

Gave evidence to support

Copernicus' Theory

Sun-Centered

Term
Johannes Kelper
Definition
Calculated orbits of planets around the sun
Term
Galileo
Definition
  • Saw Jupiters moons through telescope
  • "If Jupiter's moons revolved around the Jupiter, then the planets revolve around the Sun"
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Rene Descartes
Definition
  • Human reasoning
  • Beginning of the Scientific Method
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