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Renaissance
It was the “revival of art and literature” it was under classic model influences in the 14th-16th centuries.
Annulled
Official Agreement
Council of Trent
held between 1545 and 1563 in Trent, was the 19th ecumenical council of the Catholic Church.
Humanism
We can do things without always relying on God.
Scholars
a specialist in a particular branch of study.
Secular
No religious or spiritual basis.
Theocracy
a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
Black Death
The Black Death was a great plague that is estimated to have killed 30-60% of Europe's population and or it reduced the world's population by an estimate of 450 million deaths down to 350–375 million in the 14th century.
Culture's Worldview
A worldview is the set of beliefs about fundamental aspects of Reality that ground and influence all one's perceiving, thinking, knowing, and doing.
City States
a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
Protestant Reformation
“Was a schism in Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther and continued by Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin and other Protestant Reformers in 16th-century Europe.”
Indulgences
a way to reduce the amount of punishment one has to undergo for sins.
Capitalism
is an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately or corporately owned and the operations are funded by profits.
Feudalism
In the renaissance there was a chart of most powerful to least powerful. ex. King, nobles, knights, peasants.
Aztec Pyramid's
One of a number of monumental structures built by the Aztec civilization in the shape of a pyramid with a rectangular base.
95 Theses
In 1517 Martin Luther wrote a book called “95 Theses” It was a “list of propositions for an academic disputation”.
Counter Reformation
Is something that was meant to counter the reformation of the catholic church so that they stay catholic.
Secularism
difference to or rejection or exclusion of religion and religious considerations.
Silk Road
The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes that connected the East and West.
Leonardo da Vinci
A Italian painter, inventor, sculptor and architect.
Mercantilism
It is belief in benefits of profitable trading.
Jesuits
a member of the Roman Catholic Society of Jesus founded by St. Ignatius Loyola in 1534 and devoted to missionary and educational work.
Individualism
the distinctive qualities that make you who you are, or self-reliance, or a political system that focuses on each person having freedom to act.
William Shakespeare
Was a english poet, playwright and actor other wise known as “the greatest writer in english language”.
Martin Luther
A German professor of theology, composer, priest and monk.