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Topic 15 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mercantile | Related to commerce or trade |
| Renaissance | a great cultural revival that swept through Europe from the 1300s through the 1500 |
| humanism | a belief that human need and values and more important than religious beliefs |
| utopia | an imaginary ideal place |
| Sonnet | a poem of 14 lines with a fixed rhyming pattern |
| moveable type | individual letters formed in metal used over and over |
| Censor | to remove material from published works or to prevent its publication |
| doctorine | a belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a church |
| Recant | to take back what was started |
| reformation | a religious movement with the aim to reform the catholi church |
| Theocracy | a government ruled by religious leaders |
| edict | an official order made by a king ir another authrity |
| armanda | a fleet of ships |
| federalism | a form of government in which power is shared between local and national levels |