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The Counter Reformation

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Counter Reformation   The catholic church's series of reforms in response to the spread of protestantism in the mid 1500s to the early 1600s  
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Jesuits   Members of a Catholic religious order, the society of Jesus, founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1534  
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Council of Trent   a council of the Roman Catholic Church convened in Trento in three sessions between 1545 and 1563 to examine and condemn the teachings of Martin Luther and other Protestant reformers  
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Ignatius of Loyola   A Basque nobleman and former soldier  
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Charles Borromeo   Archbishop of Milan from 1560 to 1584, he took steps to implement the reforms ordered by the council of trent  
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Francis of Sales   Saint Francis de Sales C.O. (Saint François de Sales) (August 21, 1567 – December 28, 1622) was Bishop of Geneva  
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Teresa of Avila   Spanish mystic and religious reformer; author of religious classics and a Christian saint (1515-1582)  
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Renaissance   French for ''Rebirth''  
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Humanism   An intellectual movement during the Renaissance that focused on the study of worldly subjects, such as poetry and philosophy  
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Secular   Having to do with worldly, as opposed to religious matters  
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Baldassare Castiglione   Italian diplomat and writer  
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Niccolo Machiavelli   italian political philosopher and statesman  
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Leonardo de Vinci   Italian painter, scientist, and engineer  
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Michelangelo Buonarroti   Italian renaissance sculpter, archetect, painter, and poet  
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Raphael   Italian renaissance painter  
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Johannes Gutenburg   German inventor and printer  
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Desiderius Erasmus   Dutch priest and humanist; he wrote on the need for a pure and simple Christian life  
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Sir Thomas More   English statesman and author  
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William Shakespeare   English dramatist and poet, considered one of the greatest dramatists of all time.  
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Christine de Pisan   French Poet and author  
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Albrecht Durer   German painter, engraver, and theoetician  
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Jan van Eyck   Flemish painter, painting focused on landscapes and domestic life.  
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Protestant reformation   A religious movement in the 1500s that split the christian church in western Europe that led to the establishment of a number of new churches  
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Indulgences   Pardons issued by the pope of the Roman Catholic Church that could reduce a souls time in purgatory  
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Martin Luther   German monk whose protests against the catholic church in 1517  
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Theocracy   A government ruled by religious leaders who claim Gods authority  
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John Calvin   French Protestant theologian of the reformation, founded calvinism  
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Predestination   The belief that at the beginning of time God decided who would gain salvation  
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Henry VIII   King of England from 1509 to 1547  
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Annulled   Declare  
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Elizabeth I   Queen of England from 1558 to 1603; a skillful politician and diplomat  
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