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Chapter 15

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Renaissance   an era of renewed interest and remarkable developments in art, literature, science, and learning, in Europe beginning in the 1300s  
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humanism   having a worldly rather than spiritual focus  
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secular   a movement that emphasized the possibilities of individual accomplishment and the almost limitless potential of the human mind  
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Baldassare Castiglione   Italian aristocrat who wrote The Courtier, which became a handbook for how to succeed in society  
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Niccolo Machiavelli   Florentine political philosopher and statesman who wrote The prince, which advised rulers to separate morals from politics  
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Lorenzo de Medici   ruler of Florence who was an important patron of arts and learning  
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Leonardo da Vinci   "Renaissance man" who became famous as a painter, architect, inventor, and engineer; painter of the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper  
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Raphael   famous painter of both classical and religious subjects and accomplished architect  
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Michelangelo Buonarroti   sculptor and painter famous for works such as the Sistine Chapel, the statue David, and the design of the dome of St. Peter's Chapel  
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Johannes Gutenberg   German man credited with the invention of movable type in the mid-1400s  
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Desiderius Erasmus   priest and Christian humanist philosopher who wrote about the need for a simple Christian life without the rituals and politics of the Church  
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Sir Thomas More   English humanist who wrote Utopia, a book that told about a perfect but nonexistent society based on reason  
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William Shakespeare   English playwright and poet; author of such famous works as Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and A Midnight Summer's Dream  
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Christine de Pisan   Italian-born woman who wrote the first important work focusing on the role women played in society  
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Albrecht Durer   German artist who visited Italy in the late 1400s, learning techniques of realism and perspective, influencing layer German Renaissance artists  
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Jan van Eyck   Flemish painter who focused on landscapes and everyday life  
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Protestant Reformation   a movement beginning in the 1500s to reform the Roman Catholic Church, which led to a split of the church between Catholics and Protestants  
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indulgences   exchange of money for forgiveness of sin  
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Martin Luther   critic of the Roman Catholic Church whose theses sparked discussion about its practices and beliefs and to the founding of Lutheranism  
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theocracy   a government in which church and state are joined and whose officials are considered to be divinely inspired  
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John Calvin   important Protestant reformer whose writings became the basis of Calvinism  
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predestination   religious doctrine that states God has already determined who will be saved and so nothing people do can change their fate  
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Henry VII   English king who broke with the Catholic Church in order to divorce his first wife  
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annulled   declared invalid based on church laws  
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Elizabeth I   daughter of Henry VIII and queen who firmly established England as Protestant  
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Counter-Reformation   reform movement within the Catholic Church  
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Jesuits   religious order which emphasized reform of the church, spiritually, service to others, education, and the further spread of Catholicism; also called Society of Jesus  
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Ignatius of Loyola   founder of the Jesuits whose search for spiritual peace led hum to give up his belongings and practice self-denial  
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Council of Trent   meetings called by Pope Paul III to make a series of reforms to tje church and clarify important teachings, took place between 1545 and 1563  
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Charles Borromeo   archbishop of Milan who implemented the reforms decreed by the Council of Trent, such as building schools for priests  
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Francis of Sales   French missionary who returned the French district of Savoy to the Catholic church and founded a religious teaching order for women  
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Teresa of Avila   Spanish nun who reformed the Carmelite order  
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