Descriptive Log Unit 3

Middle Ages
1. schematic division of European history into 3 "ages"
2. lasted from the 5th century to the Renissance
3.great change in culture, politics, science, society, agriculture and economics
4. referred as the "medieval period"
5. comes from the latin word medius (middle) and aevus (age)


Feudalism
1. set or reciprocal legal and military obligations
2. 3 concepts of lords, vassals, fiefs
3. nobility of warriors during the Middle Ages
4. lord was a noble that owned land, vassal was a person who was granted land by the lord, and the land itself was known as a fief.
5. term arose during the European Middle Ages


bubonic plague
1. mainly a disease in rodents and fleas
2. best known variant of the deadly infectious disease caused by the enterobacteria Yersinia pestis
3. from 1347 to 1351, the Black Death swept through Eurasia
4. Black Death continued to strike parts of Europe throughout the 14th century
5. spread mainly by black rats in Asia


secular
1. worldly rather than spiritual
2. relating to or advocating secularism
3. lasting from century to century
4. occuring once in an age or century
5. a member of secular clergy


Renaissance Man
1. a man who has broad intellectual interests
2. a man who is accomplished in areas of arts and science
3. a modern scholar
4. a modern scholar who is in position to acquire more than superficial knowledge
5. there is a movie called Renaissance Man (1994)


Renaissance
1. means "rebirth"
2. roughly spanned from the 14th to 17th century
3. cultural movement
4. influenced literature, philosophy, art, politics, science, religion, etc.
5. people liked to party :)


Protestant Reformation
1. began with Martin Luther's activities
2. ended with Peace of Westphalia
3. attempt to refrom the Catholic Church
4. movement in Europe
5. sale of indulgences


Johann Gutenberg
1. invented the printing press
2. invented printing press around 1439
3. major work: Gutenberg Bible
4. was a German goldsmith
5. major factor in the Reformation



Martin Luther
1. German monk
2. theologian
3. church reformer
4. founder of Protestantism
5. translated the Bible into German


Henry VIII
1. King of England
2. Lord of Ireland
3. later became the King of Ireland
4. second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York
5. second monarch of the House of Tudor