Renissance

• Renaissance

  Meaning "rebirth"; following the Middle Ages (14-16th Centuries), a movement that centered on the revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and Rome; such as art, literature, and critical thinking.
• Humanism


  A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity.
• Secular


  Denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis.
• Vernacular


  The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.
• Hanseatic League


  A powerful economic and political organization of northern German cities founded in 1241.
• The Hapsburgs


  Royal German family, one of the Chief Dynasty's of Europe from the 15th to the 20th century.
• Spanish Inquisition


  A program ordered by the Spanish monarchy to investigate and eliminate heresy in the kingdom.
• Masaccio


  The first known Italian artist to apply the laws of perspective to painting.
• Bramante and Saint Peter's


  Italian architect inspired by Greek architecture who created Saint Peter's.
• Constantinople, 1453


  The city named after Constantine that fell in 1455 to Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire.
• Albrecht Durer


  A famous German artist who blended the northern and southern European styles of art.
• Northern Renaissance


  An extension of the original Italian Renaissance occurring north of the Alps.
• Sack of Rome (1527)

  The decline of Roman popularity, after a military event, carried out by the troops of Charles V, Holy Roman Emporer.
• Brunelleschi's Dome


  A cathedral dome created during the Renaissance by Filippo Brunelleschi.
• Jan van Eyck


  First to use oil paint and known for vividness and color.
• Henry VII


  Defeated Richard III of York in the War of the Roses and established Tudor society.
• Michelangelo


  Painted the Sistine Chapel and sculpted David.
• Petrarch


  Known as the Father of Humanism.
• War of the Roses

  The civil struggle between the royal house of Lancaster and York beginning in 1455 and ending with the accession of Henry VII in 1485 and the union of the two houses.
• Isabella d'Este


  Patron of the arts and author on women's rights. Close connections with DaVinci.
• Leonardo da Vinci


  He was a true "Renaissance man." He painted the Mona Lisa and Last Supper.
• William Shakespeare


  Most famous writer of the Elizabethan Age.
• Johann Gutenburg


  Invented the printing press.
• Niccolo Machiavelli


  Wrote The Prince.
• Ivan III


  Expanded Russia and declared the autonomy of Moscow, riding the country of Mongol Rule.
• Louis XI


  Known as the Spider King. Suppressed baronial power, made peace with England, and reorganized French royal authority.
• Elizabeth I


  Best known Christian Humanist.