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Please answer some of these questions, they are about the Renaissance era and vocabulary that goes with them

Please answer some of these questions, they are about the Renaissance era and vocabulary that goes

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9. Humanism: emphasis on human potential and achievement. Doctrine promoting the welfare of mankind.

Humanism in the Renaissance made people want to learn more to be able to accomplish more.

10. Secular: concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters

Politicians are the secular leaders of society

11. Patron: people that buy art or financially support artists

The Medici family were great patrons of the arts in the Renaissance.

12. Perspective: a way of looking at things

The photo of the tree in my backyard from my house has a completely different perspective than my neighbor's house.

13. Vernacular: the common language of the people

Shakespeare's plays were popular because they were not in Latin; they were written in the vernacular.

14. Utopia: Sir Thomas More (1477 - 1535) coined the word 'utopia' from the Greek ou-topos meaning 'no place' or 'nowhere'. It was a pun - the almost identical Greek word eu-topos means 'a good place'.

We'd all like to live in utopia to get away from illness and fighting.

15. Johann Gutenberg: Creator of the printing press

The first Bible not copied by hand was printed on Johann Gutenberg's printing press in Germany.

16. Indulgence: a pardon that releases the sinner from their penalty of sin

Corrupt priests sold indulgences to wealthy members of society who had sinned.

17. Reformation: a movement of religious reform

Martin Luther started the Reformation to try to get the Catholic church to stop being corrupt

18. Annul: declare invalid

Henry VIII wanted the church to annul his marriage so he could marry someone else

19. Council of Trent: a meeting held by the Catholic Church to try to stop everyone from going to a protestant church.

The Council of Trent was the Catholic Church's counter-reformation attempt.

20. Jesuits: followers of the society of Jesus

Jesuits founded many academic institutions that are still open today

21. Anabaptistism: the belief that baptism should only be administered to believing adults.

Because they preached anabaptism, they refused to baptize the baby in front of them.

22. Calvanism: Protestant belief system started by John Calvin.

Calvanism believes people are saved/can go to heaven by faith alone and believe that our lives are predestined. We can't change what is going to happen.

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the old way of life was represented by superstition, an angry god, and absolute submission to authority. the thinkers of the age of reason ushered in a new way of thinking. this new way championed the accomplishments of humankind. individuals did not have to accept despair. science and reason could bring happiness and progress. kings did not rule by divine right. they had an obligation to their subjects. europeans pondered the implications for nearly a century. americans put them into practice first.

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