Ch 1 Renaissance.Reformation.SciRev

How did the attitudes of Renaissance thinkers differ from those of medieval scholars?

• An emphasis was placed on group achievement.

• Human experience in the present was explored.

• Study was based on religious issues.

• Focus was placed on life after death.

The Prince and The Book of the Courtier are examples of what type of literature developed during the Renaissance?

• poetry that praised courtly love

• guidebooks for people seeking power/influence

• novels that teach about religion and education

• plays that illustrated the human condition

3. In Utopia, Thomas More describes

• the adventures of two gentle giants.

• the ignorant and immoral behavior of people.

• the follies of young couples in love.

• an ideal society in which men and women live in harmony.

Which Italian Renaissance writer stressed that it was more beneficial to a leader to be feared rather than loved in his writings?

• Baldassare Castiglione

• Niccolò Machiavelli

• Francesco Petrarch

• Lorenzo de' Medici

The growing middle class began to demand written material in what language style?

• the vernacular

• Latin

• Greek

• Italian, with illustrations

Dürer was particularly interested in what art form?

• sculpture

• playwriting

• architecture

• engraving

How did the Medici family come to control Florence?

• The Medicis were one of the wealthiest, most powerful merchant families in Europe.

• The Medicis dueled with every noble family that challenged them and won.

• The Medicis came from a long line of rulers in Northern Italy and settled in the city-state of Florence.

• The Medicis were granted divine rule by the Pope.

The spread of Calvinism led to what event?

• an overwhelming embrace of their doctrines

• wars of religion across Europe

• the execution of Luther

• the rise of many new Calvinist city-states in the South of France

What issues led people to move towards the Protestant Reformation?

• Popes led lives of luxury and abused their power.

• Judaism began to spread in Europe.

• The Renaissance led people to believe they could do whatever they wanted to do, including overthrow the Church.

• More and more people were dissatisfied with the monastic life.

Why did Martin Luther write 95 Theses?

• He was deeply upset about the sale of indulgences.

• He was translating the Bible in the vernacular.

• He was trying to help raise funds for the Cathedral of St. Peter.

• He wanted to write about the 95 most influential citizens.