Renaissance/Reformation Vocab Review
Across
- 6. the formal Roman Catholic reply to the doctrinal challenges of the Protestant Reformation
- 7. local language the people spoke
- 10. Italian renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.
- 12. formulated the Laws of Planetary Motion.
- 15. Italian poet known for his love lyrics
- 18. Renaissance humanist who aimed to apply the novelties of humanism to recover a biblical understanding of Christianity.
- 19. Renaissance monarch; had 6 wives
- 20. A town in Germany, closely connected with Martin Luther and the Protestant ReformationCharles V- actively supported great composers, patronized great artists such as Titian and Dürer, and built splendid palaces.
- 22. allied to the Swiss Cantons, acquired political independence from the bishop, and adopted the Reformed faith
- 23. German theologian and religious reformer. (95 Thesis)
- 25. theory that the earth revolves around the sun.
- 27. shift in the field of astronomy from a geocentric understanding of the universe, centered around Earth, to a heliocentric understanding, centered around the Sun.
Down
- 1. artists who’s art epitomized harmony and ideal beauty.
- 2. best known as an artist, scientist, and inventor made him a Renaissance man.
- 3. political philosopher and statesman/secretary of the Florentine Republic.
- 4. Inventor of the printing press
- 5. Renaissance cultural movement which turned away from medieval scholasticism and revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman thought.
- 8. greatest dramatist of all time as well as the most influential writer in the history of the English language.
- 9. the first person to use the telescope seriously for astronomy.
- 11. God's eternal decree to bestow an irresistible grace on people whom He had chosen from eternity.
- 13. money paid to forgive sins.
- 14. Galileo used controlled experiments and analyzed data to prove, or disprove, his theories.
- 16. English Renaissance statesman and philosopher, best known for his promotion of the scientific method.
- 17. first queen of regnant of England.
- 21. invented by Isaac Newton; the study of change based around limits, differentials, and integration.
- 22. an invisible force that pulls objects toward each other
- 24. group of people paying for artwork during the Renaissance.
- 25. a supposition or proposed explanation made based on limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
- 26. created the Three Laws of Motion, Calculus and influenced many young people in the renaissance idea of Humanism.