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W.H. Study Guide

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Erasmus
wrote texts on many subjects and used his knowledge of classical languaages to produce new Edition of Greek Bible.....Challenged church corruption w/ the Praise of folly by highlighting clergy immoral behavior.....Called for vernacular translation of the Bible
Farenheit
firtst thermometer to use mercury in glass.
Henry VIII
Catholic King of England, wanted annulment from wife b/c she provided a girl..and tries to change religion of Church
Renaissance Man
Leonardo da Vinci....studied mostly everything...and played a big part in renaissance
Renaissance
"rebirth" of classical learning...focused on ancient Greece and Rome.........began in italy and spread throughout Europe
Secular
having to do with worldly, rather than religious matters
Hundred Years War
b/w England and France over french land cont'd
Hugenots
french followers of Calvin. Hatred b/w Catholics and hugenots
Bruegal
painted scenes of peasent life
Council of Trent
helped establish the direction of Catholic Reformation
Geocentric Theory
earth was the center of the Universe (Aristotle)
Petrach
started a library of classical manuscripts..and helped make works of Cicero, Homer, and Virgil known
John Knox
Calvinist preacher who led a religious rebellion, overthrowing the Catholic queen
Vernacular
everyday language of ordinary people
Sir Thomas Moore
wanted utopia an ideal society, and wanted social, economic reform.
Isaac Newton
studied law of universal gravitation, earth and heavens
Machiavelli
Wrote the PRINCE- a guide to gain and maintain power
Predestinaion
calvinist belief that God long ago determined who would gain salvation
William Harvey
discovered circulation of blood
John Huss
declared that "Pope didn't have worldly powers" and "Bible had more authority than Church Leaders"
Leornardo da Vinci
(Renaissance Art) MONA LISA & LAST SUPPER; Known as Renaissance man-studied corpses, flying machines
Bubonic Plague
spread by fleas on rats from increase of trade from Asia to Middle East....many people died b/c of it
Johann Gutenberg
developed Printing Press and printed the Bible...books became cheaper, easier to produce and more available..
Cervantes
wrote Don Quixote- mocked romantic nations of chivalry
Castiglione
wrote "how to book" on how to become Renaissance people "The book of the Courtier"
Humanism
an intellectual movement at the heart of the Renaissance that focused on education and the classics
John Wycliffe
Reformer....Called for reform in England
Perspective
artistic technique used to give paintings and drawings a three dimensional effect
Edward Jenner
worlds first vaccination (smallpox vaccination)
95 Theses
formal statement attacking the "pardon-merchants by Martin Luther

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