A | B |
Martin Luther | person who believed the Bible was the ultimate authority in the church |
Renaissance | Rebirth |
Jesuits | missionaries sent out to spread the Catholic doctrine |
Leonardo da Vinci | described as a "Renaissance Man" |
Johannes Gutenberg | inventor of the printing press |
Indulgences | payment s which would erase your sins |
John Calvin | believed in predestination |
Michelangelo | painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel |
Erasmus | a Christian humanist, wrote in Praise of Folly |
Henry VIII | broke with the Church because they wouldn't grant him a divorce |
Thirty Years War | Protestants vs. Catholics |
Machiavelli | wrote "The Prince" |
Humanism | interest in classics, especially Greece and Rome |
predestination | belief that God knows in advance who will obtain salvation |
Aztec | empire in Mexico |
usury | loan with high interest |
Hapsburg | family that supported the Roman Catholic Church |
Mughal | empire in Southern India |
Spanish Armada | Phillip's Navy |
Medici | Patron of the arts during the Renaissance |
Songhai | Empire in Africa |
Catholic Reformation | used to reinforce Catholic doctrine |
Ottoman | empire in Asia Minor |
Justification by Faith | belief that your faith will get you into heaven |
Incan | empire in South America |
Shakespeare | English playwright |
95 Thesis | list of complaints against the Roman Catholic Church |
Huss & Wycliff | dissenters prior to Luther |
coiffer | place to put offerings in the church |
Common Era | same as A.D. |