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Rise of Europe
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Renaissance | movement in the 13th-14th centuries during which scholars artists, scientists and scholars were inspired by classical achievements of the Greeks and Romans |
| bubonic plague | This pandemic spread from Asia to Europe and Africa following trade routes and decreasing the populations in all these regions |
| Where did the Renaissance start? | Venice Italy |
| Why was there an increase in the Bible being published? | Invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg |
| Humanism | intellectual movement of the Renaissance which focused on human potential and achievements. |
| Martin Luther | German monk who did not believe in indulgences and post 95 Thesis against the Catholic Church |
| Protestant Reformation | Movement for religious reform; led to the development of Christian churches that rejected the authority of the Pope. |
| 95 Thesis | This document written by Martin Luther included many arguments against practices of the Roman Catholic Church including the selling of indulgences written by Martin Luther. |
| Catholic Counter Reformation | Catholic Church response to the Protestant reformation - goal prevent people from joining other church's, strengthen Catholic Church |
| Scientific Revolution | scholars started to question their beliefs about the world and base their conclusions on observation and reason rather than spiritual belief or what organizations like the Catholic Church told them. |
| Crusades | Multiple holy wars called for by the Pope to gain the "Holy Lands" and to remove the knights from Europe and led to a loss of power for the Roman Catholic Church also ended the Middle Ages and Feudalism |
| Absolute Monarch | A ruler with complete control over all parts of society, given by God which include Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Peter the Great, Philip II and Louis XIV |
| Secular | Concerned with worldly matters; non-religious. |
| Merchants | Growth of this wealthy social class in Italy helped the Renaissance to develop. |
| Printing Press | Renaissance invention which produced books cheaply; helped ideas spread quickly, increased literacy. |
| Indulgences | pardon, or forgiveness of sins. |
| Divine Right | Idea that the monarch’s right to rule comes from God. |
| Spanish Inquisition | Persecution in Spain of non-Catholics including Jews and Muslims for the crime of heresy. |
| Treaty of Augsburg | Agreement from the Holy Roman Emperor establishing that the ruler chooses the religion of his territory. |
| St Bartholomew Day Massacre | This event sparked decades of religious conflict in France between Catholics and Huguenots (French Protestants) |
| Anglican Church | Church established in England by Henry VIII, who broke away from the authority of the |
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