44553838 | Florence | The cultural center of the Italian Renaissance | |
44553839 | Ludovico il Moro | Most reponsible for the French invasion of Italy in 1495 | |
44553840 | Thomas Cramner | Authored "The Book of Common Prayer" | |
44553841 | Defenestration of Prague | Response to the policies of Ferdinand, Archduke of Syria | |
44567615 | The January Edict | Forbade French Protestants from holding synods | |
44567616 | The Grand Remonstrance | Parlement's summary of grievances against Charles the I | |
44567617 | The Mississippi Bubble | Financial scandal in France involving the Mississippi company | |
44567618 | Astronomy | The field of scientific inquiry most influential in persuading Europeans of the importance of natural knowledge | |
44567619 | The Scientific Society | A new kind of institution that played an important role in supporting the "new" science | |
44567620 | Cunning Folk | Local healers who purpoted to use magic to aid their societies | |
44567621 | Corvee | Involuntary forced labor imposed on French Peasants | |
44567622 | Old Regime | Refers to the period of time prior to 1789 | |
44567623 | Sumptuary Laws | Laws that required people of different classes to distinguish themselves by their dress | |
44567624 | Enlightened Absolutism | A late eighteenth-century phenomenon whereby European rulers embraced the reforms of th philosophes | |
44567625 | Active Citizens | Men who paid annual taxes equal to three days of labor wages | |
44567626 | The Civil Constitution of the Clergy | It transformed the RCC into a branch of the French state | |
44567627 | The Concordant of 1801 | Declared Catholicism the religion of most French citizens | |
45176915 | Marsilius Ficini | Founded the Platonic Academy | |
45176916 | Petrarch | The Father of Humanism | |
45176917 | October 31, 1517 | Start of the Reformation | |
45176918 | Treaty of Carlowitz | Ottoman empire must give up territory in Europe | |
45176919 | Test Act | Everyone must swear an oath against transubstantiation | |
45176920 | Harvey | Discovers how circulatory system works | |
45176921 | Versalius | Father of microbiology | |
45176922 | The Ohio River Valley | The heart of 18th century colonial rivalries | |
45176923 | Marburg Colloquy | United Swiss and German protestants | |
45176924 | John Jay, John Adams, Ben Franklin | Signed the peace treaty of the American Revolution | |
45176925 | In Praise of Folley | Book by Erasmus | |
45176926 | Leonardo Da Vinci | Famous works: The Last Supper, The Universal Man | |
45176927 | Lorenzo de Medici | Famous work: il Magnifico | |
45176928 | Raphael | Famous work: School of Athens | |
45176929 | Fra Angelico | Famous work: The Anunciation | |
45176930 | Giotto | Famous work: Chapel Frescos | |
45176931 | July 14, 1789 | Date of the Storming of the Bastile |
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