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The Renaissance, Reformation, and Scientific Revolution
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History
9th Grade
02/13/2013

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Descartes
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Looked for truth through human reasoning,

said," I think, therefore, I am"

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John Bacon
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Looked for truth through experimentation and observation
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Newton
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discovered the law of gravity
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Galileo
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Assembled an astronomical telescope ans studied orbits.

He got himself into trouble because he told people that his theories were facts.

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Kepler and Brahe
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Discovered that orbits were not circular but instead they were egg shaped
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Copernicus
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He created a heliocentric model of the universe
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Heliocentrism
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States that the earth moves around the sun
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Humanism
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An intellectual movement at the heart of the Renaissance that focused on education and the classics
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Anti-Semitism
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Prejudice against Jews
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Heresy
Definition
Religious belief that is contrary to the official teachings of the church
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Perspective
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Artistic technique used to give paintings and drawings a three dimensional effect
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Patron
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A person who provides financial support for the arts
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Predestination
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Calvinist belief that God long ago determined who would gain salvation
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Theocracy
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Goverment run by religious officals
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Anabaptists
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Rejected infant baptism

(Protestant Sect)

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Henry Vlll
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He wanted a divorce but the catholic church would not grant him one so he established his own church
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Sir Thomas More
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An english humanist who pressed for social reform. He wrote a book called Utopia
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William Shakespeare
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English poet and playwrite he expressed universal themes in everyday scenes
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Calvin
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He shared many of the same beliefs as Luther. He preached the idea of predestination he stablished theocracy
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Sfumato
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Italian word meaning "smokey"

means gradual shading

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chiaroscuro
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Artistic use of light and shade
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Realism
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Lifelike representation of people and the world
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Castiglione
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Italian humanist, diplomat, and courtier.

famous for his book, "the book of the courtier"

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Medici
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Italian family that produced 3 popes and 2 queens
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Flanders
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The northern Renaissance began here in the 1400s.

It was a prosperous center of trade.

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Durer
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A german painter who was one of the first northern artists to be affected by the Renaissance
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Gutenberg
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Invented the printing press and printed the first edition of the Bible that wasn't written by hand
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Luther
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He was against Indulgences and he made something called the 95 thesis which said everything that was wrong with the catholic church.He eventually ended up establishing the Lutheran church
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Indulgences
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A lessoning of the time a soul would have to spend in purgatory
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Peace of Augusburg
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A law saying that the leader of each land can pick the religion for their kingdom

(Catholic of Lutheran)

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Act of Supremacy
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Made Henry Vlll the only supreme head on earth of the church of of England
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Elizabeth
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The daughter of Henrey Vlll.

She became queen and prosecuted catholics.

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Council of Trent
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They reaffirmed the traditional catholic veiws that protestants had challenged.
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Jesuits
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A new religious order, the Society of Jesus.

They became advisors to Catholic leaders.

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Ignatius
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A spanish knight raised in the crusading tradition.

He founded the Jesuits.

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Examples of Anti-Semitism
Definition

The Black Plague- they accused jews of poisoning the wells

The holocaust- they blamed jews for their economic downfall

Christians- accused jew of using the blood of christian children in their unleavened bread

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