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