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Renaissance
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The rebirth of learning that began in the city states of northern Italy in the mid 14th century and gradually spread into northwestern Europe
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Universal Man
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The renaissance concept of the ideal man who was fluent in several languages and knowledgeable in the field of business, politics, art, literature and philosophy
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Reformation
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The breaking away of various Protestant churches from the Roman Catholic Church during the 16th century
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Martin Luther
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The reformation began with his criticism of the sale of indulgences. He wanted to reform the Catholic church from within, but when his reform proposals were condemned and he was excommunicated, he established a separate church
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Predestination
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The Calvinist belief that God had decided who would go to heaven and who would go to hell before they were born
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Counter Reformation
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The effort by the Catholic Church to stop the spread of Protestantism and to destroy Protestantism where it already existed
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Isaac Newton
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discovered the laws that govern the workings of the universe
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Deism
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This effort to reconcile science and religion argued that a God created the universe and decreed the natural laws but did not interfere with their workings
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