Renaissance and Reformation

The Renaissance started in Italy because Italy

• had a climate that suited artists and writers

• had thriving cities, a wealthy merchant class, and was culturally

  linked to Greece and Rome

• had conquered territory in the western Europe

The Catholic Reformation was led by:

• Pope Gregory

• Pope Paul III

• Henry VII

• Pope Benedict

Pardon for sins committed during person’s lifetime in exchange for $ given to the church; reduces a dead relatives time spent in purgatory à describes:

• An indulgence

• Predestination

• the Reformation

• Patron's

English man, one of the first to believe the church should give up its earthly possessions; unpopular with church officials who removed him from his teaching position:

• John Wycliffe

• Jan Hus

• Zwingli

• John Knox

The de Medici Pope; approved the sale of indulgences to raise money for the construction of St. Peter’s Basilica and excommunicated Martin Luther from the Church:

• Pope Urban II

• Pope Leo X

• Pope Gregory XII

• Pope Paul III

Who wrote about the Earth orbiting the sun; was placed under house arrest by the church?

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Newton

• Calvin

The wealth and patronage of what family supported great works of art produced in Florence during the Renaissance?

• Galilei
• Medici
• Kepler
• da Vinci

Who authored the book "The Prince", where he declared "It is better to be feared than to be loved, if  you cannot be both"?

• Kepler
• Medici
• Machiavelli
• da Vinci

What did humanism emphasize?

• All people must follow the code of honor.
• The church knew everything about the universe.
• All people have value and should maximize their potential.
• Some people were not able to better themselves

Protestant reformers objected to the sale of indulgences by the church. What was an indulgence?

•  a tax break given to church clergy
• a type of prayer
• a document that excused a person's sins
• a papal bull