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28 Cards in this Set
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Common Grace |
The grace of God that is common to all humankind. |
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Medieval Conception of faith and society |
.Religion was far more important in almost every area of medieval life than it is in most modern societies, especially the Roman Catholic Church. |
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Medici Family |
A family of wealth and power. |
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Florence and Italian city-states |
.Milan, Naples, Venice, Florence, Sicily, Rome, and the Papal States |
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Niccolo Machiavelli - the Prince |
A book written about political science. |
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Michelangelo |
- David, expression sculpture - Sistine Chapel - God and the Human Brain |
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Leonardo da Vinci |
- Artist & Scientist/Inventor - Mona Lisa - "The Last Supper" |
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Raphael |
- "School of Art" Cultural Superiority? - Beliefs, What We Think Cultural Relativism? - Following the Rules or Not Bible? - Sense of Right and Wrong |
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Branches of Christianity |
Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant |
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Catholic Worship |
Eucharist (Bread and Wine) |
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Martin Luther |
95 Theses |
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Impact of Protestantism |
It changed the religious beliefs, practices, culture and society of Christians in Europe. |
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Scientific Revolution |
The emergence of modern science during the early modern period, when developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology (including human anatomy) and chemistry transformed views of society and nature. |
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The Enlightenment |
The movement which dominated the world of ideas in Europe in the 18th Century. (Ex. Science, philosophy, society and politics.) |
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Disenchantment |
"Materialistic and naturalistic forces appear to guide the daily routines of life and provide full explanations for how the cosmos operate." - Max Weber (1918) |
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Theology as "Queen of the Sciences" |
Schools of higher learning utilized the trivium (grammar, logic, and rhetoric) and quadrivium (arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy) of classical liberal arts. |
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Empiricism |
The theory that all knowledge is derived from sense-experience. |
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Copernicus |
A Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe. |
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Galileo |
.A Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician who played a major role in the scientific revolution during the Renaissance. |
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Isaac Newton |
.An English physicist and mathematician most famous for his law of gravitation, was instrumental in the Scientific Revolution. |
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The Scientific Method |
.A method of procedure consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses. |
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Instruments for Measuring |
.- Telescope - Microscope - Barometer - Mechanical clock. |
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Rene Descartes |
.A French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. Dubbed the father of modern western philosophy, much of subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writings, which are studied closely to this day. |
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Major characterisitics of the Enlightenment |
.1.) Applied scientific way of thinking to human societies and behavior. It was called "Reason". 2.) Humans can discover laws that govern human behavior. 3.) Progress! |
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European/Native American interaction |
.Europeans wanted to convert Native Americans to Christianity. |
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Exploration: Europe/Americas/Africa |
.The European and American presence in Africa primarily meant trade, trade in which human beings -- slaves -- became the most lucrative commodity. |
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Bartolome de las Casas |
.A Spanish historian, social reformer and Dominican friar. He became the first resident Bishop of Chiapas, and the first officially appointed "Protector of the Indians". |
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Pre-Reformation Problems with the Catholic Church |
"Justification by faith alone." |
