History Chapter 12 Age of Darkness Flashcards

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