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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| renaissance | Renaissance there was a rebirth of interest in ancient Greece and Rome. |
| urban society | society that is typical of modern industrial civilization and heterogeneous in cultural tradition, that emphasizes secular values, and that is individualized rather than integrated contrasted with folk society |
| vernacular | the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region. |
| shakespeare | Shakespeare is a famous English poet and playwright who lived from 1564-1616 and produced countless sonnets and plays. A famous English playwright who wrote Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet is an example of Shakespeare. |
| indulgence | (in the Roman Catholic Church) a grant by the Pope of remission of the temporal punishment in purgatory still due for sins after absolution. The unrestricted sale of indulgences by pardoners was a widespread abuse during the later Middle Ages. |
| reformation | 16th-century movement for the reform of abuses in the Roman Catholic Church ending in the establishment of the Reformed and Protestant Churches. |
| protestent | a member or follower of any of the Western Christian churches that are separate from the Roman Catholic Church and follow the principles of the Reformation, including the Baptist, Presbyterian, and Lutheran churches. |
| anabaptist | Protestant sectarian of a radical movement arising in the 16th century and advocating the baptism and church membership of adult believers only, nonresistance, and the separation of church and state. |
| catholic refomation | Catholic Reformation (Latin: Reformatio Catholica) or the Catholic Revival, was the period of Catholic resurgence initiated in response to the Protestant Reformation, beginning with the Council of Trent (1545–1563) |
| secular | not subject to or bound by religious rule; not belonging to or living in a monastic or other order. |
| humanism | a Renaissance cultural movement that turned away from medieval scholasticism and revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman thought. |
| 95 theses | Ninety-five Theses, propositions for debate concerned with the question of indulgences, written (in Latin) and possibly posted by Martin Luther on the door of the Schlosskirche (Castle Church), Wittenberg, on October 31, 1517. |
| predestination | (as a doctrine in Christian theology) the divine foreordaining of all that will happen, especially with regard to the salvation of some and not others. It has been particularly associated with the teachings of St. Augustine of Hippo and of Calvin. |
| john calvin | John (Jean Chauvin or Caulvin) 1509–64, French theologian and reformer in Switzerland: leader in the Protestant Reformation. Melvin, 1911–97, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1961. a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “bald.”. |
| Bloody Mary | a drink consisting of vodka and seasoned tomato juice. |
| leonardo da vinci | an Italian painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and scientist. He was one of the greatest minds of the Italian Renaissance, and his influence on the painting of the following generations was enormous. |
| niccolo machiavelli | Florentine statesman and political philosopher; secretary to the war council of the Florentine republic |
| martin luther | A sixteenth-century German religious leader; the founder of Protestantism. Luther, a priest of the Roman Catholic Church, began the Reformation by posting his Ninety-five Theses, which attacked the church for allowing the sale of indulgences. |
| henry vii | King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (1275-1313) |
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