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2129009869humanismFocus on mankind as center of intellectual and artistic endeavor0
2129009870Northern RenaissanceCultural and intellectual movement of northern Europe. Began later than Italian renaissance. Centered in France, Low Countries, England and Germany. Greater Emphasis on religion than italian renaissance1
2129009871Francis IKing of France in the 16th century Regarded as Renaissance monarch. patron of the arts. Imposed new controls on catholic church, ally of the ottoman sultan against holy roman emperor2
2129009872Johannes GutenburgIntroduced movable type printing to Western Europe, credited with greatly expanded availibility of printed books and pamphlets3
2129009873European Style familyOriginated in 15th century among peasants and artisans of Western Europe, featuring late marriage age, emphasis on nuclear familiy and a large minority who never married4
2129009874Martin LutherGerman monk, initiated Protestant Reformation by nailing 95 thesis to the door of the wittenburg church. Emphasized primacy of faith over works stressed in Catholic church5
2129009875ProtestantismGeneral wave of religious dissent against catholic church beginning with Martin Luther's attack on Catholic beleifs. Included many varieties of religious belief6
2129009876Anglican ChurchForm of Protestantism set up in England7
2129009877Henry VIIIestablished Anglican church of England at least in part to obtain a divorce from his first wife8
2129009878Nicolo MachiavelliEmphasized realistic discussion on how to maintain and sieze power9
2129009879Jean CalvinFrench Protestant, founder of Calvinism who stressed doctrine of pre-destination.10
2129009880CalvinismEncouraged ideas of wider access to government, wider public education11
2129009881Catholic ReformationMajor church council revived Catholic Doctorine and refuted key protestant tenents12
2129009882JesuitsNew religious order that became active in politics, education and missionary work13
2129009883Edict of nantesGrant tolerance to protestants in France, granted only after lengthy civil war between Catholic and protestant factions14
2129009884Thirty years warpitting German protestants against holy roman emperor15
2129009885Treaty of Westphaliaagreed to territorial concept:Some princely states and cities choose one religion or another. Ended 30 years war16
2129009886English civil warcalvinists, Anglicans and some remaining catholics locked on combat17
2129009887Charles Ienglish king who was beheaded during English civil war18
2129009888Witchcraft persecutionReflected resentment against poor,uncertainties about religious truth19
2129009889proletariatPeople without access to wealth producing property20
2129009890Scientific revolutionperiod of empirical advances associated with the development of wider theoretic genralizations21
2129009891copernicusPolish monk and astronomer. Disproved heliocentric belief that earth was at the center of the universe22
2129009892Johhanes KeplerAstronomer and math guy that was prominent figure in the scientific revolution23
2129009893GalileoPublished copernicus's findings and added own discoveries of gravity and planetary motion24
2129009894William HarveyEnglish physcian, demonstrated circular movement of blood and heart as pump25
2129009895DescartesArgued human reason could develop laws that would explain fundemental workings of nature26
2129009896Francis BaconBest known for work on scientific method27
2129009897Deismrole of divinity was to set natural laws in motion, not to regulate once process was begun28
2129009898John LockeArgued people could learn everything through senses and reason and that power of the goverment came form people29
2129009899absolute monarchyI AM THE STATE30
2129009900Louis XIVFrench monarch who was the state(absolute monarch)31
2129009901Parliamentry monarchiesKings partially checked by significant legislative powers in parliament32
2129009902Fredrick the GreatPrussian king, attempted to introduce enlightenment reforms into germany, introduced freedom religion and increased state control on the economy33
2129009903Adam smithPeople act according to self interest but through competition promote general economic advance34
2129009904the Wealth of NationsAdam Smith's book35
2129009905Denis DiderotLeader of French Enlightenment, Figure best known for his work on first encyclopieda36
2129009906mass consumerismspread of deep interest in acquiring material goods and services spreading below elite level along with a growing economic capacity to afford some of these goods37
2129009907Mary Wollstonecraftargued that new political rights should extend to women38
2129009908noble savage-person uncorrupted by advanced civilization and urban ways39

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