1. Bellringer Get out your completed Renaissance Head
If its done, you get a sticker
If its not done, you will get partial credit at the time of the binder check if you finish it.
Complete the quiz WITHOUT your notes!
Turn it over when you’re done.

2. Challenging the Authority of the Catholic Church

3. Merchant wealth Merchant wealth challenged the church’s view of usury
Charging a fee for the use of money
Example: interest on loans

4. Germans and English vs. the Italians
The nobility of Germany and England resented the Italian domination of the church
Rulers resented the pope’s attempts to control them
Northern rulers resented paying taxes to Rome

5. The Church’s Misuse of Power
The power and wealth of the church caused conflicts
During the Renaissance, Popes patronized the arts, spent tons of money on personal pleasures, and fought wars

6. Church corruption Many priests were illiterate
Nuns and priests were having illegitimate children
Church officials were charging to see holy remains and objects
Simony: allowed church officials to be bought by the highest bidder
Indulgences: buying an indulgence was supposed to forgive you of sins committed or of future sin. Meaning you would spend less time in purgatory.

7. Processing Time Why were the Northern rulers upset about the church?
What are two examples of church corruption?

8. Protestant= one who protests

9. Martin Luther Who: A German monk who became a priest in 1507 Views:
Salvation can be achieved through faith alone
The Bible is the ultimate authority
All people are equal

10. October 31, 1512: Luther posted 95 formal statements of criticism about the Catholic Church on a church door in Wittenburg
All he meant to do was start a discussion, but his 95 theses led to the Protestant Reformation.

11. The Church’s Response
Pope issued a formal document of excommunication and gave ML 60 days to recant
ML burned the Papal decree in a bonfire and officially broke from the church
Those who believed in ML’s ideas became Lutherans

12. John Calvin Who: A French Protestant reformer and humanist
1536: Calvin wrote “Institutions of Christian Religion” which outlined his beliefs and helped spread the Protestant Movement

13. Views: Predestination: God already knows who will be saved
Faith is revealed by living a righteous life
Strong work ethic a plus
Playing cards, bright clothes a no no

14. Followers Calvinists In France, they were known as Huguenots
In Scotland: John Knox took Calvin’s ideas and adapted them, creating the Presbyterian faith

15. King Henry VIII King of England and a devout Catholic
Needed: a son and heir to the throne
He didn’t think his wife (Catherine of Aragon) could give him one, so he needed a divorce.

16. Divorce is illegal in the Catholic church, and the pope refused to annul the marriage.
1529: Henry called Parliament into session and ended the Pope’s power in England
Act of Supremacy: made the King, not the Pope, the official head of the Church in England

17. Henry took all the money out of the monasteries across England
New church in England: the Anglican Church

18. Elizabeth I
Ruled after her brother Edward VI (Protestant) and her sister Mary (Catholic)
Made Anglicanism the official religion of England

19. Elizabeth tolerated people who disagreed with her religious views.
Spread the Protestant faith to the Americas through expansion and colonialism
Example: Jamestown
The victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588 ended interference from the continent
Elizabeth tolerated people who disagreed with her religious views.