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The Renaissance
1485-1660
The Spirit of Rebirth
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Renaissance – a French
word meaning
“________”
Renewed interest in
________ learning, the
writings of ancient
Greece and Rome
A renewal of the
________ spirit, of
________ and ________
A Flourish of Genius
Began in ________
 Leonardo da Vinci,
Michelangelo,
Christopher Columbus,
Galileo, etc.
 Catholic Church was
very ____ and ______,
even in _______ affairs
 ________ view of
humanity was
expressed by many
Renaissance artists
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Humanism
 Tried
to answer
questions like “What is
a ____ life?” and “How
do I ____ a good life?”
 Sought to ________
the Bible and the
classics, using the
classics to _______
(not discredit)
Christianity
The New Technology
Gutenberg invented the
________ ________
 Before the printing
press, books were
_______ out by _____
(________ process,
________ to purchase,
and ________ books
were available)
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The Reformation
________ the authority of the ________
and the ________ churchmen
 Feelings of ________ and ________
identity made the English resent the
________ burdens placed on them by the
________
 Martin Luther – founded a new kind of
________, based on a ________
understanding of the Bible instead of on
what the ________ said
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King Versus Pope
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King Henry VIII asked for a divorce from his
wife of ________-years
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theoretical reason – she had previously been married
to his ________
real reasons – she was too ____ to give him a
______ ______ and he wished to marry Anne Boleyn
Pope refused because he was controlled by the
queen’s ________.
 Henry VIII appointed a new ________ and
declared ________ head of the English
(________) Church.
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The Protestant Reformation
Many people were
________ with the new
church because it wasn’t
________ enough – it
was merely a ________
of Catholicism.
 Some said that religion
was solely a matter
between the ________
and ________
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Henry VIII
Had ________ wives:
 Divorced, ________, died
________, beheaded, ________
 Fooled around, but couldn’t tolerate any
suspicion of his wives’ ________
 Was an important figure and deserves the
title of ________ man
 Survived by three ________ children –
Mary, ________, and Edward
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The Boy King and Bloody Mary
At age ________, Edward began to rule in
________ only. Died of ____________.
 Mary was ________ and determined to
_______ the wrongs done to her ______.
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 Restored
the ________’s power in England
and ruthlessly hunted down ________
 ________ about 300 subjects at the stake
 Married the king of ________, a country
England was beginning to ________ and hate
Elizabeth: The Virgin Queen
One of the most ________ and successful
monarchs in history
 ________ the Church of England and
rejected the ________’s authority
 Resisted ________ and officially remained
“the ________ Queen” because her
strength lay in her ________ and her
ability to play one ________ off another.
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A True Daughter
Survived many ________
against her life, several
of which were initiated by
her cousin, Mary Stuart,
Queen of ______ (_____
to England’s throne)
 Elizabeth (after ________
years of plots against her
life) had Mary ________
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The Spanish Armada
King Philip of Spain used
Mary’s ________ as an
excuse to invade
England with the
________ ________
 England’s Royal
________ destroyed the
Spanish Armada,
assuring England’s
________ from the
________ countries
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A Dull Man Succeeds a Witty Woman
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Elizabeth (childless) was
succeeded by James ___ of
________, aka James ____
of England (son of
________ Stuart)
He tried hard – patronized
________, sponsored a
new translation of the
______, and was a ______
ruler – but couldn’t follow
in Elizabeth’s footsteps.
The Decline of the Renaissance
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Charles I, who reigned after
James I, was ________ by
some of his subjects
________ and Puritan
________ Oliver Cromwell
ruled for the next ____ years
________ truths were soon
to challenge long-accepted
________ beliefs.