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World History
Renaissance/ Reformation
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History
9th Grade
12/12/2009

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Anabastists

 

Definition

 

  • radicals that strongly disliked giving power to the state
  • believe in seperation of church and state
  • refused to hold any public offices or bear arms because they believed literally "thou shall not kill"
  • believed all christians are priests and believed a person can get baptized whenever they are connected to god unlike the catholics and protestands who baptized infants

 

Term
Annul
Definition

 

  • means to declare invalid
  • King Henry VIII(8) wanted to divorce his first wife Catherine of Aragon because he had a daughter with her but he wanted a son
  • Therefore he wanted to marry Anne Boleyn 
  • the pope(Catholic Church) didn't want to annul his marrige to Catherine 
  • he made his own Church of England

 

Term
Calvinists
Definition

 

  • John Calvin "invented" Calvinism
  • stood close to Luther
  • believed in justification by faith (faith in God in order to reach salvation
  • predestination (God has already determined who goes to heaven or hell

 

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Castiglione
Definition

  • Baldassare Castiglione was an author
  • wrote "The Book of the Coutier" 1528
  • believed that nobles are required to accomplish certan duties and act their part in society
  • believed being noble is born not made
  • presumed nobles have grace,talent, and character which they must reveal their achievements with grace and not hide it

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Charles V
Definition

 

  • Holy Roman Emperor 
  • ruled emense empire consisting of Spain, lands of Bohemia, Hungary, low countries such as MIlan and Naples
  • his dynsasty=hapsburg
  • had many problems such as opposition to Pope Clement VIII
  • Pope Clement joined the side of the French king which caused many people to oppose Charles V
  • Ottoman turks were advancing into the eastern part of his empire causing him to send troops there
  • the empire waws several hundrard territorial states which enabled themselves from the emporers authority
  • brought military forces to Germany but unable to defeat the princes, he sought peace with them
  • Religious welfare ended by Peace of Augsburg





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Christian Humanism
Definition

  • Northern Renaissance humanism
  • major goal=reform catholic church
  • believed if you read classics and works of god, you will become mor pious (devoted)
  • believed in order to change society-must change humans who make it

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Classical Latin
Definition

  • humanism was based on the study of clssical
  • Petrach started to lok for forgotten latin manuscript (classical latin by the ancient greeks and romans)
  • the emphasis on classical latin led to the widespead of writings in classical latin but some writers wrote in the vernacular (the language spoken in their own country

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Consistory
Definition

  • special body for enforcing moral discipline
  • had the right to punish people for various crimes such as dancing, drinking, etc
  • there was  a consistory in Geneva made by Calvin which made the church had political and spiritual powers

Term
Council of Trent
Definition

  • Council of Trent= a group of cardinals, bishops, archbishops, abbots, and theologians that met in the city of Trent
  • it is another pillar of catholic reformation that taught traditional catholic teachings-reaffirmed catholic beliefs instead of protestant beliefs
  • believed in purgatory and indulgences increased (even though the selling of indulgences were forbidden)
  • believed that good work and faith were necessary for salvation

Term
Dowry
Definition

  • Dowry=the money/anything that was valuable was given from the wife's family to the husband at marriage
  • in urban renaissance, to insure security, family bonds and marraiges, were needed
  • parents arranged children's marragies in which the dowry is important

Term
Erasmus
Definition

  • best known christian humanists
  • believed that christianity should show people how to live good lives on a daily basis instead of a system of beliefs that shows people on how to be saved 
  • fasts and relics were not important

Term
Fresco
Definition

  • a technique in painting that is done on fresh plaster with water-based paints
  • with this technique, Masuccio made paintings have depths and come alive
  • mastered the laws of perspective which created 3-d shapes

Term
High Renaissance
Definition

 

  • the years between 1490-1520
  • associated with three known artists-Da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo
  • It is a time where paintings and the arts flourished

 

Term
Holy Roman Emperor
Definition

  • Hapsburg family (dynasty)
  • Charles V: See charles V (#5)
  • Charles V- ruler of immense empire 
  • had many problems
  • Pope Clement VII joined sides with the French king which cased many people to dislike Charles V

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Humanism
Definition

  • is a nonreligious philosophy that emphasized human values
  • humanists= people who studies grammer, poetry, history, etc
  • based on works of ancient Greeks and Romans
  • important in Renaissance-the rebirth of new aspects of life and new ideas

Term
Indulgences
Definition

  • is a remission of a punishment of a sin
  • a person can be released from all or parts of the punishment for sin by the pope

Term
John Calvin
Definition

  • see Calvinists (card #3)
  • invented Calvinism and when he was converted to Protestantism, was forced to flee Catholic France
  • published Instistutes of the CHritian Religion
  • close to Luther
  • believed in justification by faith alone in order to reach salvation
  • predestination

Term
Justification by Faith
Definition

  • Luther believed that humans are not saved by their works but by faith in God alone
  • if have faith in god, they are worthy of salvation
  • however, catholic teachings stressed that both faith and good work were needed to gain personal salvation (Luther disagreed)

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King Henry VIII
Definition

  • see annul (card # 2)
  • king of Enlgand
  • wanted to divorce his first wife Catherine of Aragon in which he had a daughter with
  • pope wouldnt let him devoce her theref ore he "broke" with the Catholic Church and divorced Catherine of Aragon with England's own church (Church of England)

Term
Luther
Definition

  • Martin Luther began the Protestant Reformation in the early 16th century
  • was a monk and professor of the University of Wittenberg in Germany
  • believed humans are not saved by their works but faith alone
  • wrote the bible in German
  • didn't believe in the selling of indulgences and relics

Term
Machiavelli
Definition

  • Niccolo Machiavelli=famous author
  • wrote a book called "The Prince"
  • main idea was to keep political power
  • blelieved tha princes in power should act or the sake of the state and let their personal beliefs in rest
  • rejected the idea that rulers should follow and behave based on Christian principles

Term
Michaelangelo
Definition

  • well known artist, painter, scultor, and architector
  • made the ideal image of buman beings with perfect proportions of the Sistine Chapel
  • beauty of human figures is meant to be in the reflection of divine beauty

Term

Northern European Artists styles

 

Definition

  • important nothern school of the art= Flanders 
  • flemish painter Jan can Eyck used oil paints
  • imated nature not by using perspective (Italians did that) but by observing reality and portraying details the best he could
  • affect greatly by Italians (Albercht Durer)
  • used perspective and the idea of the northern artists 

Term
Peace of Augsburg
Definition

  • treaty that ended religious welfares in Germany
  • many states in Germany were able to free itself fromthe emperors authority
  • Charles V was defeated by the Lutheran princes which caused him to make this treaty

Term
Predestination 
Definition

  • belief that god has already determined in advance who shall be saved an who shall be ill-fated
  • nothing can change this because the person's fate is already determined

Term
Renaissance Women
Definition

  • Christine de Pizan-French womn who was best known for her works in defense of women
  • "The Book of the City of Ladies" 
  • argued that women could learn as well as men if they attended the same schools

Term
Reprobate
Definition

  • a person who is morally unprincipled person
  • Predestination-a person who is fated to be damned (ill-fated) see predestination

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Salvation
Definition

  • acceptance into Heaven
  • leaders of the Catholic church used collections of relics and indulgences as means to salvation

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Secular
Definition

  • worldy view
  • society in the Renaissance had began to open up new view points and secular achievement
  • society began to accept new ideas and increase wealth and the way of life

Term
The Divine Comedy
Definition

  • Dante
  • Italian vernacular (famous)

 

Term
The Ninety Five Theses
Definition

  • a document written by Martin Luther that challenged the teachings of the Catholic Church. thousands of copies were sent all parts of Germany (the writing press)

Term
The Prince
Definition

  • see Machiavelli ( card #21)
  • a novel written by him
  • main idea was that nobles keep political power and not let personal beliefs get in the way

 

Term
Third Estate
Definition

  • peasants in the Middle Ages made up the overwelhming mass of the third estate
  • 85-90% of the total Eurpoean population 
  • but serfdom began to decrease 
  • townspeople (bourgeoisie) made up the rest of the third estate (more elaborate description is in the French Revolution)

Term
Urban Society
Definition

 

  • renaissance was largely an urban society
  • powerful-city states became the centers of Italian politcal economic and social life
  • the urban society became fore worldy (secular)
  • this increased wealth 

 

Term
Venice
Definition

 

  • city-state in Italy that flourished during Renaissance
  • trade empire became more profitable
  • it drew traders from all over the world like it served a link between the Asia and Europe
  • Republic-elected a leader called the Doge (in reality it was controlled by a group of merchant-aristocrats)

 

 

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