Renaissance and Reformation - People and Vocab

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English statesman and author; wrote Utopia, describing an ideal society.

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Sir Thomas More

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German painter combining Italian & Northern Renaissance techniques

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Albrecht Durer

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Henry VIII

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king of England; caused England to break away from the Catholic Church

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Greatest English dramatist and poet

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William Shakespeare

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German monk who challenged the Catholic Church and initiated the Reformation by writing the 95 theses.

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Martin Luther

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Medieval woman who earned a living by writing.

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Christine de Pisan

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Intellectual movement focusing on human potential and achievements during the Renaissance, using Greek and Roman ideas.

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Humanism

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Why was Galileo under house arrest?

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For saying the planets revolved around the sun.

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First printing press inventor

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Johann Gutenberg

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Renaissance meaning?

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Rebirth