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24 Cards in this Set
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Renaissance |
Period of the birth of art and learning beginning in Italy in 1300s |
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humanism |
Focus on human potential and achievements |
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secular |
Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters |
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patrons |
People who financially supported artists |
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perspective |
Art technique that re-creates three dimensions |
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vernacular |
Use of native language instead of classical Latin |
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Utopia |
An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect |
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William Shakespeare |
Famous Renaissance writer |
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Johann Gutenberg |
German craftsman who developed the printing press |
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indulgence |
Release from punishments due for a sin |
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Reformation |
16th-century movement for religious reform, leading to the founding of new Christian churches |
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Lutheran |
Member of a Protestant church founded on the teachings of Martin Luther |
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Protestant |
Member of a Christian church founded on the principles of the Reformation |
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Peace of Augsburg |
Agreement in 1555 declaring that the religion of each German state would be decided by its ruler |
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annul |
Cancel or put an end to |
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Anglican |
Relating to the Church of England |
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predestination |
Doctrine that God has decided all things beforehand, including which people will be saved |
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Calvinism |
Religious teachings based on the ideas of the reformer John Calvin |
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theocracy |
Government controlled by religious leaders |
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Presbyterian |
Member of a Protestant church governed by elders and founded by John Knox |
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Anabaptist |
Member of a Protestant group during the Reformation who believed onlyadults should be baptized. Also believed that church and state should be separate |
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Catholic Reformation |
16th-century Catholic reform movement in response to Protestant Reformation |
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Jesuits |
Members of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola |
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Council of Trent |
Meeting of Roman Catholic leaders to rule on doctrines criticized bythe Protestant reformers |
