The term used to describe the planets’ orbiting of the Sun
Heliocentrism
He argued that humans are best suited in a state of nature rather than society
Rousseau
She led French armies to victory over the English in the Hundred Years’ War
Joan of Arc
The monarch who split from the Catholic Church and set up the Church of England
Henry VIII
He was the king who sent troops to invade Parliament and was eventually deposed during the English Civil War
Charles I
A Polish priest, he published On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
Nicholaus Copernicus
His twenty-eight volume Encyclopedia took 20 years to be completed
Diderot
He was known as the "Father of Humanism"
Petrarch
Martin Luther was summoned to it to offer his defense of his ideas, and barely escaped; or a disgusting culinary choice
Diet of Worms
The Glorious Revolution established what type of government
Constitutional monarchy
He made significant astronomical discoveries, including Jupiter’s satellites
Galileo
A strong supporter of monarchy that was rebutted by John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Florentine family that became very powerful during the Renaissance
Medici
This Swiss reformer wanted to simplify religious belief and practice, even beyond Luther’s views
Ulrich Zwingli
French monarch overthrown in the Revolution and eventually executed
Louis XVI
In his seminal work Principia, he established three laws of motion
Isaac Newton
Locke’s theory that all humans are born with a "blank slate" mind
Tabula Rasa
A weapon that was developed in England which altered the future of warfare
Longbow
A leader and protector of the Huguenots, he eventually became King of France
Henry of Navarre / Henry IV
The crazy Russian monarch who murdered his own son in a fit of insanity
Ivan IV a.k.a. "The Awesome"
God created the world, but natural laws rule everything without any further divine intervention
Deism
A French satirist who became very popular among the lower classes with works like Candide
Voltaire
He authored the Unam Sanctum in an attempt to reassert Church power over secular monarchs
Boniface VIII
He proclaimed the clergy should live a life of poverty and his followers were known as Lollards
John Wycliffe
English monarch who was a staunch Catholic; forced to abdicate in the Glorious Revolution
James II