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| (1492-1503) Corrupt Spanish pope. He was aided militarily and politically by his son Cesare Borgia, who was the hero of The Prince. |
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| Italian poet wrote Inferno and Divine Comedy |
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| (1313-1375) Wrote the Decameron which tells about ambitious merchants, portrays a sensual, and worldly society. |
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| Wrote The Courtier which was about education and manners and had a great influence. It said that an upper class, educated man should know many academic subjects and should be trained in music, dance, and art. |
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| 1547-1616) Spanish writer. Wrote Don Quixote. |
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| - Wrote On the Dignity of Man which stated that man was made in the image of God before the fall and as Christ after the Resurrection. Man is placed in-between beasts and the angels. He also believed that there is no limits to what man can accomplish. |
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| (1466?-1536) Dutch Humanist, religious education. Wrote Praise of Folly. |
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| (1533-1592) The finest representative of early modern skepticism. Created a new genre, the essay. |
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| (1478-1535) Englishman, lawyer, politician, Chancellor for Henry VIII. Wrote Utopia which presented a revolutionary view of society. Executed for not compromising his religious beliefs |
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| Monarchies that took measures to limit the power of the Roman Catholic Church within their countries. |
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| Conspiracy to overthrow the Medici’s. |
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| (1304-1374) Father of the Renaissance. He believed the first two centuries of the Roman Empire to represent the peak in the development of human civilization. |
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| Called by Pope Paul III to reform the church and secure reconciliation with the Protestants. Lutherans and Calvinists did not attend |
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| Prepared the First Book of Common Prayer. |
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