Review of HumanismBy: Richard

Vocabulary Secular: Not concerned with religion.

Patron: Wealthy person who provides artists with financial support. Philosopher: Thinker who investigates the nature of truth, existence and knowledge. Theologian: Thinker who studies God and divine truth.

Vocabulary Reformation: It was the European Christian reform movement that established protestantism as a constituent branch of contemporary Christianity.Humanism: Saw potential to humanise belief in education, change and hope.

Vocabulary Urbanization: The process of people increasingly moving into town.Theses: It is a document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author’s research and findings.

Vocabulary Erudite: Scholarly, well-educated.Reform: Profound change in an institution with a view to improving it.

Questions1: When was the first book printed?

2: Who was Thomas More?

Questions3: Where did humanists get their inspiration?

4: True or false: the church was rich.

Questions5: Who was Martin Luther?

6: When was the Council of Trent?

Questions7: What was the purpose of the Council of Trent?

8: True or false: the Italian Renaissance spread through Europe.

Questions9: Who lived in the St. Peter’s Basilica?

10: When Martin Luther wrote Ninety-Five Theses?

Questions11: What is humanism?

12: What is the Reformation?

Questions13: What were the Ninety-Five Theses?

14: What did the humanists believe about education?

Questions15: What did Martin Luther do to make the Bible accessible?

16: Who was Henry VIII?

Questions17:In painting, what is perspective?

18: What is a characteristic of the Netherlands Renaissance?

Questions19: What were Protestant religious services like?

20: True or false: Catholic clergy could marry.

Answers1: 1455.

2: The most important English humanist, who wrote Utopia.

Answers3: Ancient Greek and Roman philosophers.

4: True.

Answers5: He started the Reformation.

6: 1545-63.

Answers7: Its purpose was to decide how to react to the Reformation.

8: True.

Answers9: The Pope.

10: 1517.

Answers11: Humanism is an idea that believes that humans should be the individual’s central concern.

12: The Reformation was a movement that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic

Answers13: The Ninety-Five Theses were addressed to the pope, and they described the things about the Catholic Church that were bad.

14: Humanists believed in education that focused on individual development and growth.

Answers15: He translated the Bible.

16: He founded a new church because of a personal conflict with the pope.

Answers17: It is a technique for representing three dimensions on a flat surface.

18: There were portraits painted of wealthy merchants and bankers.

Answers19: They were in a simple building.

20: False.

15 factsArtists of the Italian Renaissance were inspired

by the works of ancient Greece and Rome.The artists of the Renaissance wanted to show

the beauty of the human body.The Renaissance lasted from the mid-15th

century to the end of the 16th century.Humanism is an idea that believes that humans

should be the individual’s central concern.Humanism dominated the thought of Europe’s

intellectual elite in the 16th century.

15 factsHumanists believed in education that focused on

individual development and growth.During the Renaissance, the printing press enabled

ideas to spread far and wide.By dissecting corpses, scientists learned more about

human anatomy, which led to advances in medicine.The Reformation was a movement that began as an

attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and led to the founding of new branches of the Christian religion.

Martin Luther started the Reformation.

15 factsThe Council of Trent was a discussion between the bishops

and the Catholic sovereigns of Europe on how to react to the Reformation.

Protestantism has no devotion to the Virgin Mary and the saints.

In Protestantism all Christians were encouraged to read and interpret the Bible.

In the 16th Century, after the Reformation, Christian Europe found itself divided into three groups: Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Protestant.

The Ninety-Five Theses were addressed to the pope, and they described the things about the Catholic Church that were bad.