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Chapter 15-History

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"I was a diplomat and historian of Florence who believed that power counts more than ideals. I wrote a famous essay called The Prince"   Niccolo Machiavelli  
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"I applied my knowledge of mathematics and science to my paintings. The Mona Lisa is one of my most famous works"   Leonardo de Vinci  
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"I followed after Martin Luther's teachings but emphasized the idea of predestination"   John Calvin  
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"I wrote plays that were masterpieces of poetic drama and created such characters as Macbeth and Hamlet."   William Shakespeare  
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"My belief that salvation was possible through faith alone led me to challenge church practices, particularly the sale of indulgences, I later broke with the church completely"   Martin Luther  
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"I founded a highly disciplined religious order, the Jesuits, which played a major role in the Catholic Revival"   Ignatius de Loyola  
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"I wrote a book titled Utopia, in which I compared the English government and society to an imaginary, ideal society"   Thomas More  
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"In 1450, I created a new printing process so I could print copies of the Bible"   Johannes Gutenburg  
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art technique that involves making distant objects smaller than those in the foreground and arranging them to create the illusions of depth on a flat canvas   perspective  
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belief that at the beginning of time God decided who would be saved   predestination  
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measure of the quality of life   standard of living  
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books that predict the weather and the prospects for growing crops, and also contain such things as calendars, maps, and medical advice   almanacs  
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a treaty that allowed people to chose what religion they wanted to be   the peace of augsburg  
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single printed news sheets sold to the public   broadsides  
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catholic religious order founded by Ignatius de Loyola in 1534   Jesuits  
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government ruled by religious leaders claiming God's authority   Theocracy  
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attempt by the Catholic Church, following the reformation, to return the church to an emphasis on spiritual matters   Counter-Reformation  
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more knowledge than the world around them and had "special powers"   wise people  
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after the diet of worms Martin Luther   went into hiding for a year  
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founder of a Catholic like military order   Ignatius de Loyola  
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who sculpted David   Michealangelo  
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who wrote the book of the Courier   Castiglione  
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Catholic priest who began the selling of indulgences   Tetzel  
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