| A | B |
|---|
| Renaissance | period of renewed interest in the classical civilizations |
| Humanism | belief in the worth of the individual and that the individual is at the center of life |
| Christian Humanism | individual is responsible for salvation |
| Venice | trading republic known as the "Queen to the Adriatic" |
| Medici | powerful Florentine family, patron of the arts |
| Sforza | powerful Milanese family |
| papacy | office of the Pope |
| Michelangelo | painted Sistine Chapel ceiling |
| vanEyck | noted Flemish artist, famous for detailed paintings |
| Durer | German artist who studied with Italian masters "Gift of the Magi" |
| Leonardo di Vinci | multiple talented sculptor,painter, inventor |
| Lorenzo de Medici | famous patron of the arts |
| Protestantism | belief that salvation comes through faith alone |
| Roman Catholicism | belief that salvation comes through faith and works |
| pluralism | holding multiple church offices |
| Lay investiture | secular leaders appointing church officers |
| absenteeism | office holder has others fulfill the obligations and duties of the office |
| Inquisition | church court designed to root out heresy |
| Luther | major leader of Protestant Reformation |
| Zwingli | Swiss Protestant leader, killed by Catholic soldiers |
| Hus | early religious reformer, burned at the stake |
| Calvin | French Protestant , advocated predestination theory |
| Charles V | Holy Roman Emperor who excommunicated Luther |
| Anabaptist | Protestant group which proposed the separation of church and state |
| Amish | American descendants of Anabaptist |
| Song of Roland | French epic poem, tells story of conflict between Christian and Saracen forces |
| Canterbury Tales | tells of pilgrimage in England |
| Erasmus | monk who advocated study of the classics, reading Bible, reform Church from within |
| Thomas a Kempis | wrote The Imitations of Christ |
| Castigleone | wrote instruction book for aristocracy |
| Machiavelli | wrote The Prince |
| Donatello | famous for bronze sculptures |
| Brunelleschi | designed San Lorenzo church in Florence |
| Henry VIII | established Church of England |
| Peace of Augsburg | gave German princes the authority to decide religion |
