Renaissance and Reformation

A period of European history, lasting from about 1300 to 1600, during which renewed interest in classical culture led to far-reaching changes in art learning and views of the world

Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters

A Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements

A person who supports artists, especially financially

The everyday language of people in a region or country

An artist technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat surface

An imaginary land described by Thomas More in his book Utopia-hence, an ideal place

The selling or buying of a position in a Christian Church

A pardon releasing a person from punishments due for a sin. It shortened a person's time in purgatory.

A 16th century movement of protest against the Catholic church to reform it and eventually luther forms his own religion. The protestant reformation led to the creation of Protestant Churches that reject the pope's authority.

A member of a Protestant church founded on the teachings of Martin Luther

A 1555 agreement declaring that the religion of each German state would be decided by its ruler

To cancel or set aside

Relating to the Church of England

The doctrine that God has decided all things beforehand, including which people will be eternally saved