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Ap European Study Guide
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05/06/2010

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Alexander VI
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(1492-1503) Corrupt Spanish pope. He was aided militarily and politically by his son Cesare Borgia, who was the hero of The Prince.
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Dante Alighieri
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Italian poet wrote Inferno and Divine Comedy
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Boccaccio
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(1313-1375) Wrote the Decameron which tells about ambitious merchants, portrays a sensual, and worldly society.
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Castiglione
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Wrote The Courtier which was about education and manners and had a great influence. It said that an upper class, educated man should know many academic subjects and should be trained in music, dance, and art.
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Miguel De Cervantes
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1547-1616) Spanish writer. Wrote Don Quixote.
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Pico Della Mirandola
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- Wrote On the Dignity of Man which stated that man was made in the image of God before the fall and as Christ after the Resurrection. Man is placed in-between beasts and the angels. He also believed that there is no limits to what man can accomplish.
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Erasmus
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(1466?-1536) Dutch Humanist, religious education. Wrote Praise of Folly.
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Montaigne
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(1533-1592) The finest representative of early modern skepticism. Created a new genre, the essay.
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Sir Thomas More
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(1478-1535) Englishman, lawyer, politician, Chancellor for Henry VIII. Wrote Utopia which presented a revolutionary view of society. Executed for not compromising his religious beliefs
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"New Monarchs"
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Monarchies that took measures to limit the power of the Roman Catholic Church within their countries.
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Pazzi Conspiracy
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Conspiracy to overthrow the Medici’s.
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Petrarch
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(1304-1374) Father of the Renaissance. He believed the first two centuries of the Roman Empire to represent the peak in the development of human civilization.
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Council of Trent
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Called by Pope Paul III to reform the church and secure reconciliation with the Protestants. Lutherans and Calvinists did not attend
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Thomas Cranmer
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Prepared the First Book of Common Prayer.
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