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298274528Italian Renaissance14th/15th century movement challenged medieval values, 1st of its kind0
715502401Northern RenaissanceCultural/intellectual movement influenced from Italian Renaissance1
182770751Martin LutherCatholic German monk initiated Protestant reform by 95 theses, faith over work2
964977943ProtestantismWave of religious dissent against Catholic Church that began with Martin Luther3
239066987Jean CalvinFrench Protestant stressed predestination and wider access to government and education4
444020071JesuitsReligious order during Catholic Reformation, active in politics, education and missionary work5
401694841Edict of Nantes1598 Grant of tolerance to French Protestants after war between Catholics and Protestants6
718343830CopernicusPolish monk astronomer disproved belief that sun was center of universe7
753316125GalileoPublished Copernicus's work and his own on laws of gravity and planet motion, was condemned by church8
938465143John HarveyEnglish physician demonstrated circular motion of blood in animals and function of the heart as a pump9
877021697Rene DecartesFrench philosopher showed importance of skepticism of all wisdom, and that humans could explain laws of nature10
430261631ProletariatManufacturing workers, paid laborers and urban poor without access to producing property11
700633702MerchantilismStressed government promotions of internal and international imports and strengthened economics policy12
367478469Enlightenmentfeatured scientific advancement and rational laws to explain social behavior13
219497829Adam SmithEstablished school of economic thought that government should avoid regulation of economy14
576594970Johannes KeplerBasic issues of planetary motion, big work in optics15
632647256Issac NewtonLaws of gravity, published theories of astrology together16
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