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An intellectual current that drastically altered humankind's perception of the role of the individual in the universe by studying old texts.
What is humanism?
Theologian famous for the 95 Theses and the Protestant Reformation.
Who is Martin Luther?
A movement that rejected reason and analytics for freedom of emotion and expression.
What is the Romantic Era?
The Treaty that ended the Thirty Years War and instilled a policy of religious tolerance in Europe.
What is the Peace of Westphalia?
A conflict that was born out of the Protestant Reformation and the failure of the Peace of Augsburg.
What is the Thirty Years War?
A political philosophy that suggested the ruler was beholden to none but God, though expected benevolence towards their subjects.
What is absolutism?
Early scientist famous for his observations of the Milky Way and the Rings of Saturn, also his confrontation with the Catholic Church?
Who is Galileo Galilei?
A period of deep philosophical thought with a focus on rationalism, rights, government, and gender.
What is the Enlightenment?
The tenous solution to stop religious conflict in Europe, described as 'his land, his religion'
What is the Peace of Augsburg?
The Catholic Church's response to Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Ulrich Zwingli - creates the Society of Jesus.
What is the Council of Trent?
A religious denomination that arose in the 16th century and focused on adherence to Scripture.
What is Lutheranism?
The quintessential absolutist monarch, famous for consolidating power in France and moving the court to Versailles.
Who is Louis XIV?
A massive shift from the early-modern period to the modern, typically marked by the fall of the ancien regime.
What is the French Revolution?
Distinct from its southern counterpart, this movement focused on Church Fathers, everyday life, and realism.
What is the Northern Renaissance?
An uprising of the lower and middle classes against the nobility and the monarchy, which will lead to the eventual collapse of the crown.
What is the French Revolution?
A literary and cultural movement that focused on nature, the sublime, Medieval history, and language.
A humanist priest famous for The Praise of Folly and other criticisms of the Catholic Church?
Who is Erasmus?
An era in which humankind left the "Dark Ages" and rediscovered Greek and Roman wisdom - leading to a cultural explosion.
What is the Renaissance?
Cultural unity created through shared culture, language, and landscape
What is romantic nationalism?
A period of frequent changes in the monarchy was born out of rapid changes between Catholic and Protestant monarchs and clashes with Parliament.
What is the English Civil War?
University pedagogy that prioritized the teachings of Aristotle, obedience to dogma, and dialectical reasoning.
What is scholasticism?
An enlightened despot who grew the power of the Prussian state, but was also anti-censorship and determined to make his people like potatoes.
Who is Frederick the Great?
A period of intense experimentation, study, and invention that ultimately created a break with humanism and established the power of the observational.
What is the Scientific Revolution?
The traditional political system that upheld rigid social classes, privileges for the elite, and absolutism.
What is the ancien regime?
The decline of church power and the strengthening of political institutions can be described this way.
What is secularism?