Renaissance and Reformation Vocabulary

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Worldview

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A particular philosophy of life or conception of the world.

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Humanism

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A Renaissance intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements.

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Renaissance

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A period of European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity, characterized by a flourishing of art, science, and classical learning.

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Reformation

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A 16th-century movement for the reform of abuses in the Roman Catholic Church ending in the establishment of the Protestant Churches.

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Protestant

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A member or follower of any of the Western Christian Churches that are separate from the Roman Catholic Church and that adhere to the principles of the Reformation.

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Secular

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

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Individualism

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The habit or principle of being independent and self-reliant.

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Patron

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A person who supports artists, writers, or musicians.

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Indulgences

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In the Roman Catholic Church, a remission of temporal punishment due to sin, the guilt of which has been forgiven.

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Vernacular

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