World Religions & Renaissance

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  1. 1. members of the nobles' armies
  2. 4. Christian humanist who wrote The Praise of Folly
  3. 6. Siddartha Guatama, Four Noble Truths, Eightfold Path
  4. 8. each person is unique & should try to reach his own potential
  5. 9. humanist artist who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, sculpted David, & designed the dome of St. Peter's Basilica
  6. 12. book written by Thomas More than envisioned what society would be like if it was based on reason & Christian ideals
  7. 16. humanist artist & scientist; painted the Mona Lisa & The Last Supper
  8. 18. painted School of Athens
  9. 21. painting by Leonardo da Vinci that depicts Jesus's last meal with his disciples before his crucifixion from a humanist perspective
  10. 22. lower class; usually farmers; made up 80-90% of the population
  11. 23. merchants, bankers, & artisans
  12. 25. emphasized the ability of man to improve himself & society through the use of reason (rational thinking)
  13. 27. looking at the world without religious considerations
  14. 28. painted by Raphael; demonstrates humanism, individualism, & secularism
  15. 30. Jesus, Old & New Testament
  16. 31. written by Machiavelli; about how government works & how a ruler should gain & maintain power
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  1. 2. many gods, the Vedas, reincarnation, karma
  2. 3. secularist political theorist who wrote The Prince
  3. 5. Christian humanist who wrote Utopia
  4. 7. allowed for the spread of ideas as books were produced quicker & thus were more accessible to people
  5. 10. emphasized the worth & potential of all human beings, who are created in God's image; concern with ethics & morality lead them to challenge flaws in the Church
  6. 11. Christian humanist book written by Erasmus that criticized the ritualized & corrupt Church & called people to return to the teachings of Jesus
  7. 13. cultural rebirth (of the classical world) & birth (of the modern world)
  8. 14. political & social system based on the control of land
  9. 15. painting by Leonardo da Vinci that depicts a middle class woman
  10. 17. owned land which they rented to peasants/serfs to farm
  11. 19. Abraham (founder), Torah
  12. 20. wrote plays & sonnets that are famous for their realistic portrayal of human nature
  13. 24. sculpture by Michelangelo
  14. 26. Muhammad, Qur'an, Five Pillars of Faith, Mecca & Medina
  15. 29. officials in the Catholic Church, like priests & bishops