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Gr 7 History Ch 13
Grade 7 History Ch 13 Review - People
Term | Definition |
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John Wycliffe | the English scholar who had the entire Bible translated into English for the first time |
John Huss | the Bohemian preacher who led a movement for true Christianity in his country |
Johann Gutenberg | inventor of the movable-type printing press who produced the first printed edition of the Bible |
Desiderius Erasmus | the scholar of the Northern Renaissance known for his translation of the New Testament in the original Greek |
Martin Luther | the reformer who translated the New Testament into German, nailed his Ninety-five Theses to the Wittenberg church door, promoted popular education, and changed church services |
Tetzel | a friar who traveled through Germany selling indulgences and whose shameful selling tactics made Luther angry |
Pope Leo X | the pope who condemned Luther's Theses and excommunicated him |
Frederick the Wise | the prince who permitted Luther a hearing at the Diet of Augsburg |
Charles V | the emperor who called Luther to the Diet of Worms |
Ulrich Zwingli | the "people's priest" who began the Reformation in Zurich, Switzerland |
John Calvin | the French reformer who wrote the Institutes of the Christian Religion, which was probably the singly most influential book of the Protestant Reformation apart from the Bible |