Middle Ages Unit 8 - Alexis Nichole

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Renaissance: a period in European history, from the 14th to the 17th century, regarded as the cultural bridge between the Middle Ages and modern history.

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Humanism: an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems.

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Patrons: a person whose support or protection is solicited or acknowledged by the dedication of a book or other work

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Perspective: the art of drawing solid objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other when viewed from a particular point.

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Vernacular: the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.

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Utopia: an ideal place or state

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Sonnet: a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.

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Reformation: a 16th-century movement for the reform of abuses in the Roman Catholic Church ending in the establishment of the Reformed and Protestant Churches

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Heretic: a person believing in or practicing religious heresy

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Indulgence: the action or fact of indulging

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Clergy: the body of all people ordained for religious duties, especially in the Christian Church.

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Lutheran: a follower of Martin Luther

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Secular: concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters

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Protestant: A religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches

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Annul: Make void or null, cancel, abolish (usually of laws or other established rules)

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Anglican: the name of the liturgical and theological tradition