A | B |
95 Theses | Posted by Martin Luther |
Elizabeth I | Daughter of Henry VIII who returned England to the Anglican Church |
Erasmus | Wrote In Praise of Folly |
Henry VIII | Started the Anglican Church |
humanism | Respect for reason and individuality |
indulgence | Luther hated these |
Johannes Gutenberg | Invented the printing press |
John Calvin | Started a Protestant Church in Switzerland |
Leonardo da Vinci | Painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper |
Lorenzo de’ Medici | A patron from Florence |
Martin Luther | Started a Protestant church in Germany |
Michelangelo | Created David and painted the Sistine Chapel |
Niccolo Machiavelli | Wrote the Prince |
predestination | Salvation at Birth |
Renaissance | Means Rebirth |
Shakespeare | Wrote sonnets essays and plays |
Usury | Interest |
Catholic Reformation | Official Church rresponse to the Reformation |
Council of Trent | A meeting from 1545 to 1563 |
Edict of Nantes | Gave freedom of worship to French protestants |
Elizabeth I | Made the Church of England official, but was tolerant |
Hapsburg Family | German family who supported the Pope |
Huguenots | French Calvinists (Protestants) |
humanism | Belief in individuality and human worth |
Jan Huss | An Early Prostestant leader 100 years before Luther in Czechoslovakia |
indulgence | A paper "ticket to heaven" |
Inquisition | A series of trials and punishments against Protestants |
Society of Jesus | Knights of God who fought for the Pope |
Spanish Armada | An attempted invasion of England to overthrow Elizabeth I |
Thirty Years War | A war between Catholics and Protestants, mostly in Germany |
John Wycliffe | An early Prostestant leader 100 years before Luther in England |