Vocab: Early Modern Europe

a religious movement that began in the 1500s to reform the Catholic Church

sacred rites of Christianity, such as baptism and communion

the idea that God had long ago determined who would gain salvation

someone who gives money or other support to a person or group (in this case, the Arts)

a fleet of warships

a cultural movement of the Renaissance based on the study of classical works

a belief that is rejected by Official church doctrine

a government run by religious power

a kind of cancellation of punishment for sin

a format of printmaking, in which individual letters formed in metal could be used again and again

a mathematical system for representing three-dimensional space on a flat surface

French for "rebirth"; refers to a period of cultural revival in Europe from 1300s to the 1500s

the theory that places the sun at the center of the universe

the belief in the importance of the individual as opposed to the larger community

the view that religion need not be the center of human affairs

method of using observation, experiments, and careful reasoning to gain new knowledge