Economic Depression
economic prosperity had vanished
it shifted from a urban culture to a rural culture
Spiritual Ignorance
lack of truth and no one can find the truth at this time
Monasticism, Monks
withdrawing from society
Women and Men Spiritual Names
women were nuns
men were monks
Eucharist
the lords supper
Transubstantiation
the elements changing form into the Lord's supper
Indulgence
certificate from the pope used to get out of purgatory
Penance
a punishment for sin during life
Pergatory
punishment for sin after you die
Vulgate
latin version of the Bible during the Middle Ages
Council of Toulouse
a meeting held to go against having Bibles other than Church leaders
John Wycliffe
teacher at Oxford univerity, England
know for debates with Lord's supper, salvation, authority
his followers are lollards
John Huss
teacher at university of Prague, Bohemia
know for debates on salvation and authority
burned at the stake for his belief
his followers are hussites
Academic Poverty
they had a lack of education
Scholaticsism
mixture of greek philosophy and romanism
meaning of life
Romanism
doctrine of the roman church
Decline of Politics
Europe was in complete chaos
Holy? Roman? Empire?
holy- it was being used for political gain
roman- the emperors were all german
empire- they were not unified
Turmoil in Europe
black death disease "bubonic plague"
killed up to one half of the population
Crusades
revived intrest in Europe trades
Middle Class
not too poor, not to rich
Demedici
successful italian middle class family
Renaissance
rebirth of learning
Humanities
subjects (history, literature, art)
Humanism
intrest in human pride (above or the same as God)
Renaissance Man
one who displays his talents and all they do
Patron
people who use there money to support the arts
Leonardo Da Vinci
mona lisa and last supper
Raphael
sistine madonna and school of athens
Michelangelo
sistine chapel ceiling
The End of Middle Ages
the renaissance spread northward and had a movement to lead europe
out of the middle ages