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Renaissance and Reformation
World History Honors
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History
10th Grade
03/13/2013

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Secular
Definition
A worldly, not religious, viewpoint
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Leonardo da Vinci
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The ideal Renaissance man who was a painter, sculptor, architect, and inventor
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Mercenaries
Definition
Soldiers who sold their services to the highest bidder
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Niccolo Machiavelli
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Author of the Prince, which was a major influence on political power in the Western world
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Dowry
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A sum of money that a woman's family gave to her husband upon marriage
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Humanism
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Intellectual movement of the Renaissance that was based on the classic works of Greece and Rome
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Petrach
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father of Italian Renaissance Humanism
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Dante
Definition
wrote the Divine Comedy, which is the story of the soul's journey to salvation
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Chaucer
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author who wrote the Canterbury Tales, which discusses all elements of English society
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Christine de Pizan
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Frenchwoman who is famous for her works written in defense of women
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Fresco
Definition
a painting done on fresh, wet plaster with water-based paints
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Raphael
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one of Italy's best known painters, admired for his paintings of the Virgin Mary
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Michelangelo
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an accomplished painter, sculptor, and architect
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Martin Luther
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Leader of the Reformation in the early 1500's
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Christian humanism
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intellectual movement whose goal was the reform of the Catholic Church
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Salvation
Definition
acceptance into heaven
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Indulgence
Definition
release of all or part of the punishment for a sin
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ninety-five theses
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Martin Luther's attack on the abuses in the Catholic Church
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Edict of Worms
Definition
meeting in which Martin Luther was declared an outlaw
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Lutheranism
Definition
martin luthers doctrine
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peace of augsburg
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agreement which accepted the division of Christianity in Germany
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John Calvin
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published a work on Protestant thought and helped to found Calvinism
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predestination
Definition
idea that god had determined in advance who would be saved and who would be damned
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annul
Definition
to declare invalid
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ignatius of loyola
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founded the society of jesus, also known as the jesuits, which tried to spread catholicism
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