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5960555190Niccolo MachiavelliAuthor of "the prince" one of the most influential authors of the Italian renaissance0
5960555191HumanismFocuses on mankind as the center of intellectual endeavor​.1
5960555194Johannesburg GutenbergDeveloped the printing press in the 15 century2
5960555195European family styleemphasized the nuclear family, and a large minority who never married3
5960555196Martin Lutherposted the 95 Thesis, that initiated the protestant​ reformation4
5960555197ProtestantismGeneral wave of religious dissent against catholic church.5
5960555198Anglican ChurchForm of protestantism in England6
5960555199Calvin jeanFrench protestant. encouraged idea of wider access to government7
5960555200Catholic reformationRestatement of catholic beliefs in response to protestant reformation8
5960555201JesuitsA new religious order founded during the Caatholic reformation9
5960555203Thirty years warthis was the international war between the Protestants and Catholics that eventually ended religious conflicts in Europe10
5960555204Treaty of WestphaliaEnded the Thirty years war and granted rights to individual rulers11
5960555205English civil warreligious disputes mixed with constitutional issues ended w/ restoration of the monarch following execution of previous king12
5960555206ProletariatClass of working people without any land. paid labor13
5960555207Witchcraft persecutionReflected resentment against the poor, uncertainties about religious truth, resulted in death of over 100,000 Europeans particularly common in Protestant areas14
5960555208Scientific revolutionperiod of new advancements and resulted in changes of traditional beliefs15
5960555209Nicolis CopernicusPolish monk and astronomer. proved that the sun was the center of the universe16
5960555210Johannesburg KeplerAstronomer and mathematician.17
5960555211Galileo GalileiThis scientist proved Copernicus' theory that the sun was the center of the solar system and developed the modern experimental method.18
5960555213Francis baconEnglish politician, writer, scientist. best known for work in scientific method.19
5960555214Rene Descartesfamous for saying " I think therefore I am" established the importance of skeptical review.20
5960555215Isaac newtonDefined the laws of motion and gravity. Tried to explain motion of the universe.21
5960555216DeismConcept of God current during the scientific revolution. role of divinity was to set natural laws in motion22
5960555217John lockeEnglish philosopher who argued that people could learn everything through sense and reason.23

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