Renaissance & Reformation Vocab Review

Meeting of Roman Catholic leaders to rule on doctrines criticized by the Protestant reformers.

Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters.

Doctrine that God has decided all things beforehand including which people will be saved.

Name given to the Church of England

Members of the Society of Jesus, a Catholic religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola.

An ideal place

People who financially supported artists.

A period of rebirth of art and learning in Europe lasting from about 1300 to 1600.

Printing blocks that could be moved into new positions and reused.

Focus on human potential and achievements.

Agreement in 1555 declaring that the religion of each German state would be declared by its ruler.

The language, ideas, inventions, and art of a particular people. Their unique way of life.

To be successful.

To express one's disagreement.

Member of a Protestant church founded on the teachings of Martin Luther.

Government controlled by religious leaders.

German craftsman who developed the printing press.

16th century movement for religious reform, leading to the founding of new Christian churches.

Use of native or everyday language instead of classical Latin.

Release from punishments due for a sin.

Religious teachings based on the ideas of the reformer John Calvin.

Member of a Protestant group who believed only adults should be baptized. Also believed separation of church and state.

Someone that specializes in a branch of study.

To disagree.

A law passed by the Reformation Parliament that declared Henry VII the head of the Church of England.

Cancel or put and end to.

To change something.

Member of a Protestant church governed by elders and founded by John Knox.

16th Cenutry Catholic reform movement in response to the Protestant Reformation.

Art technique that recreates three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface.

Member of a Christian church founded on the principles of the Reformation.

English Parliament of 1529 that passed laws placing royal control over the English clergy.

Wrote the book Utopia. Opposed the Protestant Reformation. Was imprisoned and executed by Henry VIII.

Lifelike.

Famous Renaissance playwright.