| A | B |
| Renaissance | Rebirth of Art and learning |
| Humanism | Thinkers studied classical text and focused on human potential and achievement |
| Secular | Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters |
| Patron | Someone who supports the arts |
| Perspective | An artistic technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat surface |
| Vernacular | common language |
| Utopia | An imaginary land or ideal place |
| Johann Gutenberg | A machine for reproducing written material |
| Indulgence | A pardon releasing a person from punishment for a sin |
| Reformation | The founding of Christian churches that rejected the Pope’s authority |
| Lutheran | Members of a Protestant church founded on the teaching of Martin Luther |
| Protestant | A member of a Christian church founded on the principles of the Reformation Non-Catholic |
| Annul | To cancel or put an end to |
| Anglican | Relating to the Church of England |
| Predestination | A doctrine that God has decided all things beforehand |
| Calvinism | A body of religious teachings based on the ideas of reformer John Calvin |
| Theocracy | A government ruled by religious leaders |
| Presbyterian | A member of a Protestant church governed by presbyters founded by John Knox |
| Anabaptist | group that believed in baptizing only those who were old enough to decide to be Christian |
| Catholic Reformation | Roman Catholic Church sought to make changes in response to the Protestants |
| Jesuits | Member of the society of Jesus |