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Italian Renaissance 14th- and 15th-century intellectual and cultural movement in Europe that challenged medieval values and instigated the modern age.
Niccolo Machiavelli Author of The Prince, a realistic discussion of seizing and maintaining power.
Humanism A focus on humanity as the center of intellectual and artistic endeavor.
Northern Renaissance Cultural and intellectual movement of northern Europe; influenced by earlier Italian Renaissance; centered in France, the Low Countries, England, and Germany; featured greater emphasis on religion than did the Italian Renaissance.
Francis I King of France; a Renaissance monarch; patron of the arts; imposed new controls on the Catholic church; ally of the Ottoman sultan against the Holy Roman emperor.
Johannes Gutenberg Introduced movable type to western Europe in the 15th century; greatly expanded the availability of printed materials.
European-style family Emerged in 15th century; involved later marriage age and a primary emphasis on the nuclear family.
Martin Luther German Catholic monk who initiated the Protestant Reformation; emphasized the primacy of faith in place of Catholic sacraments for gaining salvation; rejected papal authority.
Protestantism General wave of religious dissent against the Catholic church; formally began with Martin Luther in 1517.
Anglican Church Form of Protestantism in England established by Henry VIII.
Jean Calvin French Protestant who stressed doctrine of predestination; established center of his group in Geneva; effect included wider public education and access to government.
Catholic Reformation Catholic response to the Protestant Reformation; reformed and revived Catholic doctrine.
Jesuits Catholic religious order founded during the Catholic Reformation; active in politics, education, and missionary work outside of Europe.
Edict of Nantes 1598 grant of tolerance in France to French Protestants after lengthy civil wars between Catholics and Protestants.
Thirty Years War War from 1618 to 1648 between German Protestants and their allies against the Holy Roman emperor and Spain; caused great destruction.
Treaty of Westphalia Ended Thirty Years War in 1648; granted right of individual rulers and cities to choose their own religion for their people; the Netherlands gained independence.
English Civil War Conflict from 1640 to 1660; included religious and constitutional issues concerning the powers of the monarchy; ended with restoration of a limited monarchy.
Proletariat Class of people without access to producing property; usually manufacturingworkers, paid laborers in agriculture, or urban poor; product of the economic changes of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Witchcraft hysteria 17th-century European violence reflecting uncertainties about religion and about resentment against the poor; especially affected women.
Scientific Revolution Process culminating in Europe during the 17th century; period ofempirical advances associated with the development of wider theoretical generalizations; became a central focus of Western culture.
Copernicus Polish monk and astronomer; discredited Hellenistic belief that the sun was at the center of the universe.
Johannes Kepler Resolved basic issues of planetary motion and accomplished important work in optics.
Galileo Publicized Copernicus's findings; used the telescope to study moon and planets; added discoveries concerning the laws of gravity; condemned by the Catholic church for his work.
John Harvey English physician who demonstrated the circular movement of blood in animals and the function of the heart as a pump.
René Descartes Philosopher who established the importance of the skeptical review of all received wisdom; argued that human wisdom could develop laws that would explain the fundamental workings of nature.
Isaac Newton English scientist; author of Principia Mathematica; drew various astronomical and physical observations and wider theories stablished principles of motion and defined forces of gravity.together in a neat framework of natural laws;
Deism A concept of God during the Scientific Revolution; the role of divinity was limited to setting natural laws in motion.
John Locke English philosopher who argued that people could learn everything through their senses and reason; argued that the power of government came from the people, not from the divine right of kings; people had the right to overthrow tyrants.
Absolute monarchy Concept of government developed during the rise of the nation-state in western Europe during the 17th century; monarchs held the absolute right to direct their state.
Louis XIV Late 17th- and early 18th-century French king who personified absolute monarchy.
Mercantilism 17th- and 18th-century economic theory that stressed government promotion of internal and international policies to strengthen the economic power of the state.
Glorious Revolution English political settlement of 1688 and 1689 that affirmed thatparliament had basic sovereignty over the king.
Frederick the Great Prussian king who introduced Enlightenment reforms; included freedom of religion and increased state control of economy.
Enlightenment Intellectual movement centered in France during the 18th century; argued for scientific advance, the application of scientific methods to study human society; believed that rational laws could describe social behavior.
Adam Smith Established new school of economic thought; argued that governments should avoid regulation of economies in favor of the free play of market forces.
Mary Wollstonecraft Enlightenment English feminist thinker; argued that political rights should be extended to women.
Indulgences Roman Catholic theological tenant for the remission of sins.
Predestination The belief that God has ordained all events to come.
Parliamentary monarchy Originated in England and Holland, 17th century, with kingspartially checked by significant legislative powers in parliaments.
Frederick the Great Prussian king of the 18th century; attempted to introduce Enlightenment reforms into Germany; built on military and bureaucratic foundations of his predecessors; introduced freedom of religion; increased state control of economy.
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