BJU Renaissance Vocab Quiz #1

Classical Era

• The time period between the 14th and 17th Centuries in Europe when they experienced a "re-birth" of classical thought.
• Ancient Greek culture or ideals
• Time of Greek and Roman Philosophy, Achievement and Thought.
• Time period between the 8th and 13th centuries where the intellectual works of the muslim world flourished.

Definition: a rebirth or revival

• Renaissance

• Secular

• Humanism

• Reformation

A time period in Europe following the Medieval Era that was characterized by a revival of literacy and education

Philosophy of the Renaissance based on the writings of the classical world that focused on human interests and experiences

Cities that had their own governments, independent of those of other cities (even those within their own nation

A pioneer of Renaissance humanism, a central figure in Italian literature, and the Father of Humanism

An Italian Renaissance author who wrote The Courtier, a book on proper conduct for a Renaissance man

Good manners that were considered essential to members of the growing middle class during the Renaissance

Philosophy that wanted to return Christianity to the simple values of its early days

A Dutch Renaissance linguist and scholar who published a Greek New Testament and advocated church reform