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Renaissance
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A period of European history, lasting from about 1300 to 1600, during which renewed interest in classical culture led to far-reaching changes in art, learning, and views of the world.
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Humanism
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a Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements.
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secular
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concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters
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patron
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a person who supports artists, especially financially.
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perspective
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an artistic technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat surface
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vernacular
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the everyday language of people in a region or country
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Utopia
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an imaginary land described by Thomas More in his book-hence, an ideal place
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printing press
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a machine for reproducing written material by pressing paper against arrangements of inked type.
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Gutenberg Bible
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the first full-sized book printed with movable type and a printing press
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indulgence
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a pardon releasing a person from punishments due for a sin
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Reformation
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a 16th-century movement for religious reform, leading to the founding of Christian churches that rejected the pope's authority
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Lutheran
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a member of a Protestant church founded on the teachings of Martin Luther
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Protestant
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a member of a Christian chruch founded on the principles of the Reformation
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Peace of Augsburg
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a 1555 agreement declaring that the religion of each German state would be decided by its ruler
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annul
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to cancel or put an end to
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Anglican
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relating to the church of England
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predestination
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the doctrine that God has decided all things beforehand, including which people will be eternally saved
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Calvinism
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a body of religious teachings based on the ideas of the reformer John Calvin
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theocracy
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a government controlled by religious leaders
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Presbyterian
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a member of a Protestant church governed by elders and founded on the teachings of John Knox
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Anabaptist
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in the Reformation, a Protestant group that believed in baptizing only those persons who were old enough to decide to be Christian and in separation of church and state.
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Catholic Reformation
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a 16th-century movement in which the Roman Catholic Church sought to reform itself in response to the Protestant Reformation
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Jesuits
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members of the society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Igatius of Loyola
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Council of Trent
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meeting of Roman Catholic leaders, called by Pope Paul III to rule on doctrines criticized by the Protestant reformers
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