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Ch 17 European Renaissance and Reformation
Vocabulary
renaissance: period of rebirth of art and learning I learning in europe lasting about 1300 – 1600
humanism – focus on human potential and achievements
secular- concerned with wordly rather tan spiritual matters
patrons- people who financially
Questions Pg.477
2.-Which of Italy’s advantages was most important? Why?
Easier tradingdistances, history and heritage.

3. What are some of the characteristics of the “Renaissance man” and “Renaissance woman”?
A renaissance man was a man who excelled in many fields and they should be well educated. He should be a skilled rider, wrestler and swordsman.
A renaissance woman should know the classics. They were expected to inspire art but rarely create it.

4. How did Italy’s citieshelp to make it the birthplace of the Renaissance
Cities offered wealth, talent and new ideas.

5. What was the attitude of Church leaders and the wealthy toward the arts? Why?
Because they had many pieces of art like portraits and they were important

6. How did study of the classics influence branches of learning such as history, literature and philosophy?
The church became a patrontowards art.

7. How is the humanism of the Renaissance reflected in its art? Explain with examples.
Art was more focused on people and their characteristics. For example the Mona Lisa and David

8. What were the differences between the Middle ages and the Renaissance in the attitude toward worldly pleasures?
The middle ages were more focused on spiritual and religious things and the Renaissancewas more focused on world and real life.

Section 2 : The northern renaissance

Utopia: an ideal place
William Shakespeare: famous renaissance writer
Johan Gutenberg: German craftsman who developed the printing press

Questions Section 2
2. Which of the events listed do you think was most important? Explain.
when the printer start coming out they had the chance to print the books fasterand do things faster with the printer.

3. How did Albrecht Dürer’s work reflect the influence of the Italian Renaissance?
By writing books that he liked that are very famous so the people can buy them.

4. What was one way the Renaissance changed society?
The humanism begin

5. Why was the invention of the printing press so important?
Because books could now be made cheaper and fasterthan we have today

6. How were the works of German painters different from those of the Flemish painters? Give examples.
Flemish focused on both, humanism and religion

7. What reasons did humanists give for wanting to reform society? Explain.
They said that they should believe only on facts that are true.

8. How did the availability of cheap books spread learning?
Many people could buybooks on that time because they were to cheap for the people.

Section 3 Luther leads the reformation

Vocabulary

* 1.-indulgence: release from punishments due for a sin.
2.-reformation: 16 century movement for religious reform, leading to the founding of new Christian churches.
3.- Lutheran : member of protestant church founded on the teachings of martin Luther
4.-protestant:member of Christian church founded on the principles of the reformation
5.-peace of Augsburg: agreement in 1555 declaring that the religion of each German state would be decided by its ruler.
6.-annul: cancel or put an end to.
7.-anglician: relating to the church of England.

Idioms
1.- What are idioms?  
A= is an expression, word, or phrase that has a figurative meaning or the associative orconnotative meaning.

1.-Rain check: a piece of paper allowing one to see an event which has been canceled at a later time.
We all had done a rain check, because the party has been cancelled.

2.- Early birds catch the worm: If you wake up and get to work early, you will succeed.
I went to school at 7:00 A.M. because of early birds catch the worm to get better grades.

3.-Have a screw...