Renaissance & Reformation
Martin Luther began the Protestant Reformation by penned this document.
What is the Ninety-Five Thesis
Columbus became (arguably) the first European to set foot in the Western Hemisphere when his crew arrived in Hispaniola in this year.
When is 1492?
Nicknamed the "Sun King," this French monarch ruled as the quintessential absolutist from his new palace at Versailles.
Who is Louis XIV?
For many, this English philosopher kicked off the Enlightenment with the publication of Essay Concerning Human Understanding and Second Treatise of Government.
Who is John Locke?
98% of the French population belong to this part of the Three Estates, a system of French laws and privileges prior to the French Revolution.
What is the Third Estate?
The word "Renaissance" is Italian for this.
What is rebirth?
Ships from this nation were often the first Europeans to arrive in Indian Ocean and Far East trade ports.
What is Portugal?
This justification of absolutism suggested that monarchs should answer only to God (and no other men).
What is the Divine Right of Kings?
Name given to an era of prominent, mostly French, philosophers of the 18th century.
Who are the philosophes?
American colonists were successful in defeating the British in part due to huge financial assistance from this country?
What is France?
Powerful autocrats whose families ruled Italian city-states have earned this name.
What is Signori?
Historians often credit this European prince with being responsible for initiating what is often dubbed the Age of Exploration.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal
A product of the Glorious Revolution, this document established the supremacy of Parliament over the monarchy.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
Denis Diderot worked for over a decade as an attempt to catalogue all of human wisdom in the creation of this massive text.
What is Encyclopedie?
Many of the most radical policies of the French Republic (including the execution of nearly 40k people) were designed by this committee under the leadership of Maximillian Robespierre.
What is the Committee on Public Safety?
This main pioneered the Renaissance cultural movement celebrating antiquity known as Humanism.
Who is Petrarch?
This Polish astronomy advocated for a heliocentric model of the universe in his book On Heavenly Spheres in 1543.
Who is Nicolas Copernicus?
Who is Cardinal Richelieu?
This seventeenth-century French Philosopher argued in favor of rationalism, the central rhetorical approach of Enlightenment debate.
Who is Rene Descartes?
Wealthy members of France's Third Estate, who supplied most of the monarchy's revenue, were known by this name.
Who are the bourgeoise?
This ruler of the Holy Roman Empire battled rebellious German princes in the name of Pope Leo X and the Catholic Faith.
Who is Charles V?
The development the modern approach to scientific inquiry (aka the Scientific Method) is often credited to this English philosopher.
Who is Francis Bacon?
While standing out as an example of republican government, the Dutch government did feature an chief executive known by this title.
What is the Stadholder?
He wrote Spirit of the Laws, in which he championed the political concepts of separation of powers and checks and balances.
Who is Montesquieu?
Ultimately executed, this French female philosopher argued there was no rational reason the principles of liberty & equality shouldn't apply to French women.
Who is Olympe de Gouges?