| A | B |
|---|
| Chaucer | wrote Canterbury Tales, ancestor of modern English |
| Protestant Reformation | simplified religion and ended many holy days and festivals |
| John Calvin | believed God already knew who was going to heaven |
| Jesuits | vowed absolute obedience to the pope, used education to counter Protestants |
| Medici | wealthy family that controlled Florence |
| Rome | Italian city sacked by Spanish soldiers in 1527 |
| Renaissance Man | term for person who does many thigns well |
| Bible | first book printed in Europe on modern printing press |
| Patricians | group at top of urban society during the Renaissance |
| Burghers | shopkeepers and artisans of urban society during the Renaissance |
| dowry | money paid by bride's family to the groom |
| Humanism | intellectual movement based on Greek and Roman literature |
| Petrarch | father of Italian Renaissance humanism |
| Later humanists | believed it was the duty of an intellectual to be involved in civic life |
| Renaissance | renewed interest in classical Greek and Roman works |
| Perspective | understanding these laws was important to Italian Renaissance artists |
| Martin Luther | author of the 95 Theses, did not believe good works could earn humans salvation |
| Peace of Augsburg | recognized the division of Christianity and granted Lutheranism rights in Germany |
| Zwinglists | differed with (and could not ge over) Lutherans over views on communion |
| Anabaptists | disliked by Catholics and Lutherans for democratic views on religion |
| King Henry VIII | abolished papal authority in England because he wanted to annul his marriage |
| Calvinists | believed it was one's Christian duty to spy on the neighbors |
| Mary | earned a nasty nickname for her persecution of Protestants in England |
