211585226 | Renaissance | rebirth of learning | |
211585227 | humanism | the cultural movement of the Renaissance | |
211585228 | secular | non-religious | |
211585229 | Machiavelli | Renaissance writer who wrote the book "The Prince". | |
211585230 | Leonardo de Medici | Wealthy merchant and patron of the arts | |
211585231 | Raphael | painted the School of Athens | |
211585232 | Johannes Gutenberg | invented the printing press | |
211585233 | Desidarius Erasmus | wrote The Praise of Folly | |
211585234 | Sir Thomas More | wrote "Utopia" | |
211585235 | William Shakespeare | English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers | |
211585236 | Jan van Eyck | Flemish painter who focused on landscapes and everyday life | |
212365546 | Protestant Reformation | a religious movement that began as an effort to reform the Catholic Church | |
212365547 | indulgences | fee paid to church to guarantee you less time in purgatory | |
212365548 | Martin Luther | German monk and leader of the Protestant Reformation | |
212365549 | theocracy | government run by religious leaders | |
212365550 | John Calvin | religious reformer who believed in predestination and a strict sense of morality for society | |
212365551 | predestination | Calvin's religious theory that God has already planned out a person's life. | |
212365552 | annul | declare invalid | |
212365553 | counter reformation | catholic church's attempt to stop the protestant movement and to Strengthen the Catholic Church | |
212365554 | jesuits | a religious order created to serve the pope and the church | |
212365555 | Council of Trent | a meeting of Roman Catholic leaders, called by Pope Paul III to rule on doctrines criticized by the Protestant reformers |
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