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35 Cards in this Set
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- Back
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Gutenberg Bible
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1456
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Erasmus, Praise of Folly
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1509
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Machiavelli, The Prince
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1513
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More, Utopia
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1516
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Luther, 95 Theses
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1517
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Calvin, The Institutes of the Christian Religion
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1536
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Diet of Worms
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1521
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Peasant's Revolt in Germany
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1524-1525
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Schmalkalden League
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1531
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Act of Supremacy
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1534
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Publication of On the Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres by Copernicus
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1543
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Council of Trent
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1545-1563
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Peace of Augsburg
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1555
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St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
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Aug. 24, 1572
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Spanish Armada defeated by England
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1588
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Edict of Nantes
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1598
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Thirty Years' War
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1618-1648
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Publication of dialogues on the Two Chief Systems of the World by Galileo
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1632
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Peace of Westphalia
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1648
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Louis XIV
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1638-1715
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English Civil War
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1642-1649
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Publication of Leviathan by Hobbes
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1651
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Cromwell establishes Commonwealth in England
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1653
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Peter the Great
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1682-1725
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Publication of Principia Mathematica by Newton
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1687
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Glorious Revolution - William and Mary begin
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1688
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Publication of Two Treatises on Government by Locke
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1690
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Pragmatic Sanction
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1713
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War of Austrian Succession
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1740-1748
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Publication of The Spirit of the Laws by Montesquieu
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1748
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Publication of first volume of Encyclopedia by Diderot
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1751
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Publication of Candide by Voltaire
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1759
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Publication of The Social Contract by Rousseau
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1762
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Publication of Wealth of Nations by Smith
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1776
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Publication of Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Wollstonecraft
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1792
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