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renaissance and reformation

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renaissance   Rebirth in art, writing, architecture, learning, and culture.  
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patrons   those who financially supported the arts.  
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humanism   intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements.  
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perspective   technique which shows three dimensions on a flat surface through use of a vanishing point  
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varnacular   native language  
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utopia   An ideal place as depicted in Thomas More’s Utopia.  
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sonnet   14 line poems  
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reformation   Religious movement begun by Martin Luther which led to the founding of Christian churches that did not accept the pope’s authority.  
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heretic   one who dissents from an accepted belief or doctrine  
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indulgence   A pardon which, when purchased, released a sinner from performing the penalty that a priest imposed for sins  
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clergy   Different ranks of Church leaders including priests, bishops, cardinals, and the Pope.  
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lutherans   Followers of Martin Luther who separated from the Catholic Church  
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secular   worldly  
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protestant   From the princes that protested the Catholic Church. Applied to Christians who belonged to non-Catholic Churches.  
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annul   to set aside a marriage as if it never took place  
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anglican   Protestant church created by Queen Elizabeth I of England in 1559.  
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predestination   God knows from the beginning who will be saved (go to heaven). Salvation cannot be earned.  
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calvinism   Ideas of John Calvin who wrote that men and women are sinful by nature and that God chooses a very few people to save and uses predestination.  
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theocracy   a government controlled by religious leaders  
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presbyterians   Followers of John Knox who took Calvin’s ideas to Scotland; each community church was governed by a group of layman called presbyters.  
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anabaptists   Protestant group who baptized only those who were old enough to decide to be Christian.  
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catholic reformation   Following the Protestant Reformation, it was a movement within the Catholic Church to reform itself. Also known as the Counter Revolution.  
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jesuits   Members of the Society of Jesus which was created by the pope in 1540 for the followers of Ignatius who sought to help bring people back to Catholicism during the Catholic Reformation.  
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