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Undergraduate 1
12/02/2010

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Dante
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a contemporary writer
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PETRARCH
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FATHER OF HUMANISM...WRITER..."LETTERS OF THE ANCIENT DEAD"
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RENAISSANCE ART
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WHEN ART AND SCULPTURE REACHED THEIR FULL MATURITY.
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DAVINCI
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ONE OF THE GREATEST PAINTERS OF ALL TIME.  ADVOCATED SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTATION, DISSECTED CORPSES, AND WAS A SELF TAUGHT BOTANIST, MONA LISA
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MICHELANGELO
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MELANCHOLY GENIUS, SISTENE CHAPEL, 18 FOOT DAVID STATUE
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MACHIAVELLI
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HUMANIST HISTORIAN WROTE IN ITALIAN AND MADE CONTEMPORARY HISTORY THEIR PRIMARY SOURCE AND SUBJECT MATTER.
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HUMANISM
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SCHOLARLY STUDY OF LATIN AND GREEK CLASSICS AND OF THE ANCIENT CHURCH FATHERS, IN HOPE OF REVIVING RESPECTED ANCIENT NORMS AND VALUES.
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COLUMBUS
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ARRIVED AT THE CARRIBEAN ISLAND WHEN TRYING TO FIND A SHORTER TRADE ROUTE.
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COUNCIL OF TRENT
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1545-1563.  RESULTS- EVERY DIOCESE MUST HAVE A SPECIAL COLLEGE.  BISHOPS WERE GIVEN GREATER AUTHORITY BUT ALSO HAD TO OBEY STRICT RULES.  NO CONCESSIONS WERE GIVEN TO PROTESTANT IDEALS.  BY THE END OF THE 1600S, THERE WERE MORE CATHOLICS THAN PROTESTANTS.
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EDWARD 6TH
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HENRY'S SON.  DIES OF TB AT AGE 15 OR 16.
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LADY JANE GREY
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BEHEADED BY ORDER OF MARY TUDOR.
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MARY I
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QUEEN 1558-1603.  RAISED CATHOLIC.  MARRIED PHILIP II.  FORCED ENGLAND TO BECOME CATHOLIC AGAIN.
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HUGUENOTS
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FRENCH PROTESTANTS
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WHAT WAS THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION?
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HAD ROOTS IN POLITICAK, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC CONCERNS.  PLAN TO CENTRALIZE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
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ANABAPTISTS
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MOST IMPORTANT GROUP OF PROTESTANTS FORMING MORE RADICAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT SOUGHT A MORE RAPID AND THOROUGH RESTORATION OF THE PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANITY DESCRIBED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.
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HOW DID HUMANISM AFFECT SOCIETY?
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IMPLIED STUDIES OF CLASSICAL LANGUAGES AND ARTS THAT OFFERED MORAL PREPARATION FOR A LIFE OF VIRTUOUS ACTION.
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MACHIAVELLI
Definition
HELD REPUBLICAN IDEAS.  HUMANIST AND STUDENT OF ANCIENT ROME. ADVISED RENASSAINCE PRINCES TO PRACTICE ARTFUL DECEPTION AND INSPIRE FEAR IN THEIR SUBJECTS IF THEY WISHED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
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CONDOTTIERI
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MILITARY BROKERS FROM WHOM ONE COULD HIRE A MERCENARY ARMY.
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IGNATIUS LOYOLA
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GOOD CATHOLIC LEADER OF THE CHURCH
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JESUITS
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SOCIETY OF JESUS.WELL TRAINED MISSIONARIES CREATED AROUND 1540.  THEY WON MANY CONVERTS TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
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ACTOF SUPREMACY
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THE MONARCH IS GOING TO BE THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH OF THE CHURCH IN ENGLAND.  PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED MONASTARIES AND NUNNARIES AND CUT OFF ALL TIES TO ROME.
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SPANISH ARMADA
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FAILED AND SPAIN SLOWLY LOST CONTROL OF THE EMPIRE.  ENGLAND AND FRANCE SLOWLY DOMINATED NEW WORLD AND EUROPE.
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