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| author of The Prince, emphasized realiastic discussions of how to seize and maintain power. |
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| movement that focused on humanity as the center of intellectual and artistic endeavor. |
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| introduced movable type to western Europe in the 15th century; greatly improved the availability of printed materials |
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| German Catholic monk who initiated the Protestant Reformation; emphasized the primacy of faith for gaining salvation in place of Catholic sacraments, rejected papal authority. |
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| form of Protestantism in England; established by Henry VIII |
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| general wave of religious dissent against the Catholic Church; formally begun by Martin Luther. |
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| CFrench Protestant whho stressed doctrine of predestination; established center of his group in Geneva; in the long run encouraged wider public education and access to government |
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| Catholic response to the Protestant Reformation; reformed and revived Catholic doctrine |
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| Catholic religious order founded during Catholic Reformation; active in politics, education, and missionary work outside of Europe. |
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| 1598 grant of tolerance in France to French Protestants after lengthly civil wars between Catholics and Protestants. |
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| War from 1618 to 1648 between German Protestants and the Holy Roman Emperor and Spain; caused great destruction |
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| ended Thirty Years' War in 1648; granted right of individual rulers and cities to choose their own religion for their people; Netherlands gained independence. |
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| conflict from 1640 to 1660; included religious and constitutional issues concerning the powers of the monarchy; ended with restoration of a limited monarchy. |
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