History lesson 3-5
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- Nicolaus Corpernicus
- discovered that the earth orbited around the sun, once a year
- Cathedrals
- Grand church
- William Shakespeare
- one of the greatest writers of English language; actor
- Charters
- place in France with a magnificent cathedral
- indulgences
- a pardon or forgiveness from the church
- Lorenzo Medici
- most famous member of one of the wealthiest families in Florence, Italy who was a supporter of the arts
- Michelangelo
- great Renaissance artist who used many classical ideas such as balance of form in his painting, sculptures, and architecture
- Martin Luther
- monk who started the reformation of the Church of Rome
- armada
- huge and powerful warship fleet of Spain
- Renaissance
- period when there was an increase interest in art, literature, and trade rebirth of the classical periods of Greece and Rome
- Petrarch
- poet who was one of the earliest Italian humanists to study works of literature from ancient Greece, Rome, and Arabia (classics)
- Protestantism
- division of western Christianity that believed in Luther's ideas about the Church
- Leonardo da Vinci
- famous artist of Italy was a humanist, scientist, engineer, and musician
- plague
- a terrible disease that spreads quickly and kills many people
- Saints
- a woman or man considered by a religious group to be especially holy
- Francis of Assisi
- saint of the Middle aces who devoted his life to serving the poor and live in Italy
- King Henry VII
- ruler that brought religious change to England; started the Church of England (Anglican Church)
- reform
- to change
- Pope Urban II
- pope who called for the first Crusade
- monasteries
- a community in which monks led lives devoted to religion
- nuns
- communities where woman who vowed to devote their lives to religious lives
- Florence
- 1st city to feel the changes of the Renaissance; located in Northern Italy
- Reformation
- movement that brought change to the Church of Rome
- Eramus
- humanist who criticized the Roman church for some of its polices such as paying for forgiveness from the church and wanted reform
- Crusades
- journey of Christians through Western Europe to Jerusalem in order to capture it from the selluk Turks, who were Muslims
- Johannes Gutenberg
- invented the printing press
- Benedict
- Italian monk who wrote the first plan for monasteries
- Patron
- supporter of a cause
- Humanism
- concern with human interests and values; focus on what people could achieve in this world
- Convents
- communities where woman who vowed to devote their lives to religious lives
- Queen Elizabeth I
- daughter of King Henry VIII; one of the most powerful and popular monarchs of England