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Renaissance Study Guide
A. Complete a chart of Renaissance artists and their works
Northern Artists (Flanders) / Title of work / Southern Artists(Italy) / Title of work
B. There were three major reformations during this time. What were they, who was involved and where did they occur?
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Identify the following people
1. ______“I was a diplomat and historian of Florence who believed that power counts more than ideals. I wrote a famous essay called The Prince.”
2. ______“I applied my knowledge of mathematics and science to my paintings. The Mona Lisa is my most widely recognized work.”
3. ______“I sculpted biblical figures and painted frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistene Chapel.”
4. ______“I was the greatest humanist of northern Europe. I believed that the church lacked spirituality, and argued for a return to the original, simple message of Jesus. My most famous work is called The Praise of Folly.”
5. ______“In Utopia I described an imaginary ideal society.”
6. ______“I wrote plays that were masterpieces of poetic drama and created such characters as Romeo, Juliet, Macbeth, and Hamlet.”
7. ______“My belief that salvation was possible through faith alone led me to challenge church practices, particularly the sale of indulgences. I later broke with the church completely.”
8. ______“I founded a highly disciplined religious order, the Jesuits, which played a major role in the Catholic revival.”
9. ______“I theorized that the Sun is the center of the universe, but I did not have the instruments or mathematical formulas to prove my theory.”
10.______“I used my newly invented telescope to help disprove the geocentric theory, but was forced by the Inquisition to renounce my belief that the Earth moves around the Sun”
Cluster the following terms under the proper heading
predestination Henry VIII theocracy
Martin Luther John Calvin John Knox
Ignatius Loyola 95 Theses Diet of Worms
Act of Supremacy Geneva, Switz. Elizabethan settlement
Council of Trent indulgence annulment
Jesuits Peace of Augsburg the Inquisition
salvation through faith salvation through good works
1. The Reformation (Protestant)
2. The English Reformation (forming the Anglican Church)
3. The Counter Reformation (Catholic)
4. Calvinism
Answer the following questions
Name the five major powers on the Italian Peninsula and describe the alliances that formed as a result of the Peace of Lodi.
1. 4.
2. 5.
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Describe the relationship between the Hanseatic League and the Venetian Flanders Fleet.
A four-level social class system emerged during the Renaissance in Italy. Describe the levels of the system and who belonged to each level.
What are the downfalls of arranged marriages in Italy?
Be familiar with the locations of the spread of Lutheranism, Calvinism, the Anglican Church, and Catholicism.