Renaissance and Reformation 1350-1600

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Chapter 12 Vocabulary

• Renaissance and Reformation 1350-1600

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Italian Renaissance

• period that began in Italy in 1350 and spread to
  the rest of Europe emphasized secularism,
  awareness of ties to the ancient Greek and Roman
  worlds, and the ability of the individual

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Urban Society

• a system in which cities are the center of
  political, economic, and social life

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Secular

• Worldly viewpoint which emerged as increasing
  wealth created new enjoyment of material things.

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Dowry

• a gift of money or property paid at the time of
  marriage, either by the bride's parents to her
  husband or, in Islamic societies, by a husband to
  his wife

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Humanism

• an intellectual movement of the Renaissance based
  on the study of the humanities, which included
  grammar, rhetoric, poetry, moral philosophy, and
  history

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Petrarch

• the father of Italian Renaissance humanism

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Vernacular

• the language of everyday speech in a particular
  region

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Christian Humanism

• a movement that developed in northern Europe
  during the Renaissance combining classical
  learning (humanism) with the goal of reforming
  the Catholic Church

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Salvation

• the state of being saved (that is, going to
  heaven) through faith alone or through faith and
  good works

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Indulgence

• a release from all or part of punishment for sin
  by the Catholic Church, reducing time in
  purgatory after death

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Ninety-Five Theses

• written by Martin Luther list of abuses by the
  Catholic Church

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Edict of Worms

• formal statement by the legislative assembly
  (imperial diet) meeting in the city of Worms
  made Martin Luther an outlaw in the Holy Roman
  Empire and his works were to be burned

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Lutheranism

• the religious doctrine that Martin Luther
  developed it differed from Catholicism in the
  doctrine of salvation, which Luther believed
  could be achieved by faith alone, not by good
  works Lutheranism was the first Protestant faith

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Peace of Ausburg

• an end to religious warfare in Germany, signed in
  1555

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Predestination

• the belief that God has determined in advance who
  will be saved (the elect) and who will be damned
  (the reprobate)

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Annul

• declare invalid

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Catholic

• Pope, bishop, priest
• Salvation requires faith and good works
• The Bible and church tradition are sources of
  truth
• Priests interpret the bible

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Lutheran

• Ministers lead the congregation
• Salvation requires faith alone
• The Bible is the only source of truth
• Believers interpret the bible themselves

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Calvinist

• Calvin believed in the doctrine of justification
  by faith alone to explain how humans achieved
  salvation. He also emphasized the all-powerful
  nature of god, which led him to the idea of
  predestination.
• The Bible is the only source of truth and
  believers interpret it themselves

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Anglican

• Monarch, bishops, priests
• Salvation requires faith alone
• The Bible is the only source of truth
• Believers interpret the bible themselves