The Renaissance and The Reformation

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The Black Death The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history
Renaissance The humanistic revival of classical art, architecture, literature, and learning that originated in Italy in the 14th century and later spread throughout Europe
Medici family A powerful Italian family of bankers and merchants whose members effectively ruled Florence for much of the 15th century and from 1569 were grand dukes of Tuscany
Raphael an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance
David the second king of the United Kingdom of Israel
Mona Lisa a half-length portrait of a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci
St. Peter's Basilica an Italian Renaissance church located in Vatican City
The Prince
Florence (M) capital of Italy’s Tuscany region and birthplace of the Renaissance,
William Shakespeare an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist
Printing Press a device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium thereby transferring the ink.
Reformation a schism from the Roman Catholic Church initiated by Martin Luther, John Calvin, Huldrych Zwingli and other early Protestant Reformers in the 16th century Europe.
Lutheran a major branch of Protestant Christianity that identifies with the theology of Martin Luther
Peace of Augsburg was a treaty between Charles V and the forces of the Schmalkaldic League
Annul declare invalid (an official agreement, decision, or result)
Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death
Silk road an ancient network of trade and cultural transmission routes that were central to cultural interaction through regions of the Asian continent connecting the West and East by merchants
Humanism an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters
Patron c
Michelangelo c
La Pieta c
The Birth of Venus c
Vernacular c
Renaissance Man c
Thomas More v
Sonnet c
Indulgences c
Martian Luther c
95 Theses v
Predestination c
Henry VIII c
Cultural Diffusion b
Secular (aka Secularism) g
Leonardo da Vinci j
Donatello v
The Last Supper v
Sistine Chapel g
Machiavelli c
Jan van Eyck c
Utopia v
Johann Gutenburg c
1517 (D) c
Wittenburg (M) d
Edict of Worms c
john Calvin c
Tudors
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