RENAISSANCE & REFORMATIONSECTION
What Does Renaissance Mean?
Rebirth in Learning
Where did it Begin? Why? List 3 advantages this place had
Cities (Ideas)Merchants (Money- Patrons)Classic Heritage (Roman Ruins all
around them)
Which group began to rival the powerful Noble Class
The Merchants (created their own wealth)Power of the individual
How did the Medici become patrons of the arts?
By paying artist to create ARTGave them a Salary and
Housing
Where did the artist & Scholars draw their inspiration from?
The Classic Roman RuinsThey were all around them
Know that
Humanist suggested that you could enjoy life’s pleasures without offending God
What is a Renaissance Man?
A person skilled in many areas of study
Example:Artist, poet, scholar, musicians,
fighter, horseman and more
What were major causes of the Reformation?
Corruption in the Catholic Church (Display of wealth)
Priest having kidsThe selling of indulgences
What occupation did Martin Luther have?
Monk
What is an Indulgence?
A Pardon from punishment for a persons sins
(Buy your way to Heaven)
What were the 95 thesis? List the three main Ideas
Faith in Jesus was the only salvation
Teachings should be based on the Bible
All people of faith were equal(did not need priest)
What did the Pope do?
Excommunicate Luther
How did Luther respond?
Threw the Pope’s decree into a fire
What did Luther do with the New Testament?
Translated it into German(Now anybody could read it)Not just Priest
In what language did they lead services?
German
What is a Protestant?
A person who protest the Church
What did Henry VIII need?
An male Heir to the ThrownHe broke away from the Church
because the Pope would not grant him an annulment of his marriage
