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World History

Chapter 5A

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Renaissance Between 1350 and 1550 Italian intellectuals believed they had entered a new age, or "rebirth", of human achievement
secular worldly, NOT involving the Church or religion
mercenaries soldiers who sold their services to the highest bidder
dowry money given by the wife's family to the husband upon marriage
humanism intellectual movement which studied grammar, rhetoric, moral philosophy, and history, based on writings of ancient Greece and Rome
fresco A painting done on fresh, wet plaster with water-based paints.
"The Prince" Book by Niccolo Machiavelli about how to get and keep political power.
printing press Machine using movable type that enabled the mass printing of books
"Divine Comedy" Long poem written in Italian by Dante, about a soul's imaginary journey to salvation
"The Canterbury Tales" Book by the English author Geoffrey Chaucer, a collection of stories told by 29 pilgrims to the tomb of Saint Thomas a Becket
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