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The Renaissance
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English
10th Grade
10/25/2009

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Time of a lot of learning and talent; Italy(1350-1550), England(1500-1650)
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Renaissance
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comes from word protestant; New reformed Christian church
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Protestant
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Queen of England
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Queen Elizabeth
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2 important Greek events.
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Greek classical text was rediscovered, the printing press was created(made books more available)
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Ad fontes
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"back to the sources"(Greek texts), back to the earlier and purer roots of good language and good literature
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Status and Rank
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Primary source of status was LAND NOT money; able to move out of your class
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German professor of theology; German leader of the Protestant reformation; lived from 1483-1546; symbolized split between protestants and roman Catholics; one of most significant leaders of the Renaissance; wrote 95 thesis's saying church has no power in after life
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Martin Luther
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Wrote "The Tempest", wrote 38 plays
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William Shakespeare
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non-Roman
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Germanic
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Pico Della Mirandola was the main guy who came up with this; That the created world was organized into a hierarchy with G-d at the top and stones, mere dead matter, at the bottom; not born into own destiny
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"Chain of Being"
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In 1519 he began a voyage around the world
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Christians reforming the church; church became corrupt
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The Reformation
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POlish astronomer; lived from 1473-1543; argued that the Earth wasn't the center of the universe-it revolved around the sun
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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The most important cultural movement of the Renaissance; advocated a return to classical studis and ideals; 15th century; Petrarch= most famous humanist
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Humanism
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An artist
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Leonardo Da Vinci
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Henry VIII's most important prime minister; son of a butcher; moved from class to class; came from low class and moved to upper class
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Cardinal Wolsey
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