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Renaissance |
a time of great revival or re-birth ... of art, literature, and learning that happened in Europe during the 14th to 16th centuries. |
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Middle Ages |
the time period in European history from about the year 500 to the year 1450.
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Reformation |
a great religious movement in Europe during the 16th century to reform the Roman Catholic Church
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Martin Luther |
a German religious reformer
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Protestant |
people who belonged to Christian congregations that separated from the Roman catholic Church during the Reformation
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Eucharist |
the sacrament of the Last Supper in Christian theology
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courtier |
an attendant at a monarch's court
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serf |
a person attached to a lord's land and required to give services to the lord
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tenant |
a person who pays rent for the use of land to a landlord
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empire |
a group of states or territories controlled by one country
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humanism |
a system or way of thinking in which human interests predominate
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philosophy |
the pursuit of the principles underlying all knowledge; the pursuit of wisdom
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lectern |
a reading desk
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thatch |
a roof made of straw
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anatomist |
a dissector of dead bodies; using them to learn from
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