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A period of intense artistic and intellectual activity, said to be a "rebirth" of Greco-Roman culture.
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Renaissance (European)
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A forgiveness of a punishment due for past sins, granted by church authorities as a reward for a pious act such as making a pilgrimage, saying a particular prayer, or making a donation to a religious cause
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Indulgence
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the central administration of the Roman Catholic church of which the pope is the head.
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Papacy
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Religious reform movement within the Latin Christian Church beginning in 1519. It resulted in the "protesters" forming several new Christian denominations, including the Lutheran and Reformed Churches and the Church of England.
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Protestant Reformation
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Religious reform movement within the Ltin Christian Church, begun in response to the Protestant Reformation; it clarified their theology and reformed clerical training and discipline
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Catholic Reformation
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The pursuit of people suspected of witchcraft, especially in northern Europe in the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
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Witch-hunts
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The intellectual movement in Europe, initially associated with planetary motion and other aspects of physics, that by the seventeenth century had laid the groundwork for modern science
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Scientific Revolution
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A period of intense artistic and intellectual activity, said to be a "rebirth" of Greco-Roman culture.
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Renaissance (European)
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A forgiveness of a punishment due for past sins, granted by church authorities as a reward for a pious act such as making a pilgrimage, saying a particular prayer, or making a donation to a religious cause
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Indulgence
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A philosophical movement in eighteenth-century Europe that fostered the belief that one could reform society by discovering rational laws that governed social behavior and were just as scientific as the laws of physics
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Enlightenment
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The urban French class that dominated manufacturing, finance, and trade; they devoted long hours to their business and poured much of their profits back into its ventures
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Bourgeoisie
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the central administration of the Roman Catholic church of which the pope is the head.
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Papacy
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A business, often backed by a government charter, that sold shares to individuals to raise money for its trading enterprises and to spread the risks among many investors
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Joint-stock companies
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Religious reform movement within the Latin Christian Church beginning in 1519. It resulted in the "protesters" forming several new Christian denominations, including the Lutheran and Reformed Churches and the Church of England.
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Protestant Reformation
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Religious reform movement within the Ltin Christian Church, begun in response to the Protestant Reformation; it clarified their theology and reformed clerical training and discipline
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Catholic Reformation
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The pursuit of people suspected of witchcraft, especially in northern Europe in the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
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Witch-hunts
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The intellectual movement in Europe, initially associated with planetary motion and other aspects of physics, that by the seventeenth century had laid the groundwork for modern science
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Scientific Revolution
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A philosophical movement in eighteenth-century Europe that fostered the belief that one could reform society by discovering rational laws that governed social behavior and were just as scientific as the laws of physics
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Enlightenment
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The urban French class that dominated manufacturing, finance, and trade; they devoted long hours to their business and poured much of their profits back into its ventures
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Bourgeoisie
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A business, often backed by a government charter, that sold shares to individuals to raise money for its trading enterprises and to spread the risks among many investors
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Joint-stock companies
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