Renaissance Era

Michaelangelo

• 1475-1564

• Pieta&David Sculptures

• Painted Sistine Chapels

• Created the Mona Lisa

Excommunication

• Kicked out of the church

• Promoted within the church

• Granted special privileges

• Allowed to lead services

Humanism

• Church guides spiritually/worldly subjects instead of Religious

• Focus on religious texts and doctrines

• Emphasis on individual faith and spirituality

• Promotion of strict adherence to church traditions

Act of Supremacy

• Allowed Henry VIII to create a church and become the pope

• Established the Church of England as a separate entity

• Granted religious freedom to all citizens

• Ended the influence of the Catholic Church in England

Isaac Newton

• (1643-1727)/Laws of Universal Gravitation and Motion/motion can be measured and described mathematically

• (1643-1727)/Developed the theory of relativity

• (1643-1727)/Discovered the laws of thermodynamics

• (1643-1727)/Pioneered the field of quantum mechanics

Anabaptists

• Reject Infant baptism/lead to other religion types

• Support infant baptism

• Promote a single denomination

• Advocate for secularism

Petrarch

• A pioneer of modern poetry

• Reintroduce Greek and Roman thinking and literature

• A famous painter of the Renaissance

• An early advocate for scientific methods

Gutenberg

• (1398-1468)/Moveable type print press/Gutenberg Bible

• (1450-1520)/Woodblock printing/First Printed Book

• (1400-1450)/Lithography/Printing Press

• (1500-1600)/Offset printing/Modern Printing Techniques

Florance

• City in Italy/produced many intellectuals

• A famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci

• A type of Italian pasta

• A historical figure from the Renaissance

Heliocentric

• The Earth is the center of the universe, and the planets revolve around it. (Ptolemy)

• The Sun is the center of the universe, and the planets revolve around it. (Copernicus)

• The Moon is the center of the universe, and the planets revolve around it. (Galileo)

• The stars are the center of the universe, and the planets revolve around them. (Aristotle)