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The Black Death
Definition

Originated in Asia

Spread by Rats

1346

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Flagellants
Definition
Sketchy Guys that whipped themselves because they thought the plauge was punishment from god.
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Great Schism
Definition
When France was a big baby and elected its own pope then everyone got jealous then there was like 37 popes at one time.
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Conciliarism
Definition
When the catholic church said that some council had supreme rule even over the pope.
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Council of Constance
Definition
Ended the 3 Pope Crap.
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The Three Estates
Definition

1. Clergy

2. Nobles

3. Commoners

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The Renaissance
Definition
Period between the middle ages and the modern age. Begins on the Italian Peninsula.   1350-1550
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Francesco Petrarch
Definition

1304-1374

Father of Humanism

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Leonardo da Vinci
Definition

1452-1519

Famous works include:

Mona Lisa, Last Supper

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Giovanni Boccaccio
Definition
Wrote the Decameron
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Humanism
Definition
Wanted a reform of schools and had a large focus on Cicero. Believed that students should have a broad knowledge of languages.
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Civic Humanism
Definition
Involves active and patriotic citizenship combined with ethics and an emphasis on education.
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Christian Humanism
Definition
Emphasizes the humanity of Jesus
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Lorenzo Valla
Definition
The Kid that discovers the donation of constantine isnt real and that latin changes over time.
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Niccolo Machiavelli
Definition

1469-1527

Humanist who wrote "The Prince"

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Neoplatonism
Definition

Wanting to study more Plato

(Learn to benifit yourself)

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Johannes Gutenburg
Definition
Invented the Printing Press
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"New Monarchies"
Definition

Extending Royal power

Supressing the Nobles

Controlling the Church 

Demanding loyalty of the people

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Conrad Celtis
Definition
Found the map for the Military Road of the Empire
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Indulgences
Definition
Sold by the catholic church to forgive sins done by the living and dead.
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Indulgence Controversy
Definition
Luther thought they shouldn't sell these because you cant buy redemption.
Term
Pluralism
Definition
Holding more than one office at one time.
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Martin Luther
Definition

1483-1536

Wrote "95 Theses"

Strongly against paid redemption.

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Ulrich Zwingli
Definition

1484-1531

Introduces the 1 hour sermon to Switzerland

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Sola Fide
Definition

"By Faith Alone"

Connecting with god could be done by faith alone.

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Sola Scriptura
Definition

"By Scripture Alone"

Connecting with god could only be done by reading the scripture.

Term
Sacraments
Definition

1. Baptism

2. The Lord's Supper

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Anabaptists
Definition
Believed that all things in the bible should be taken literally.
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Conrad Grebel
Definition
Gets kicked out of his city for preforming the first re-baptism.
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Michael Sattler
Definition

1490-1527

Left the Catholic Church to become a leader of the anabaptists.

Term
John (Jean) Calvin
Definition

1509-1564

believes that everything is decided for you.

(double-predestination)

Term
Predestination
Definition
God controls what happens to you and there is nothing you can do about it.
Term
Council of Trent
Definition
Decided what to do with the heratics
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Christopher Columbus
Definition

Sailed to the Americas and India

1492

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Amerigo Vespucci
Definition
Wrote letters describing the new world, and they named America after him.
Term
French Religious Wars
Definition
France tried to stop the Calvinists and ended up causing 40-50% of the nobles to become Huguenots.
Term
Louis XIII
Definition
1610-1643
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Cardinal Richleieu
Definition

Eliminated private armies

fortified cities

crushed conspiracies

 

Term
Louis XIV
Definition

1643-1715

Built the palace of Versailles

Greatest monarch.

Term
Cardinal Mazarin
Definition
HATED the french. Nobles tried to overthrow him A LOT.
Term
Jacques Bossuet
Definition

wrote politics drawn....

believed that government was a blessing so people could live in an organized society.

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Absolute Monarchy
Definition
The King was chosen by god to pretty much be god and the king has supreme power.
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1628 Petition of right
Definition
prohibitied taxation without parliements permission.
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Puritans
Definition
Protestant group that looked to achieve change from within but were shunned by just about everyone.
Term
English Civil War
Definition

basically started over got rid of the monarchs and established new ones and established the bill of rights.

 

Term
1689 Bill of Rights
Definition
layed foundation for constitutional monarchy
Term
Scientific Revolution
Definition
They realized that the world didnt revolve around them.
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Galilio Galilei
Definition

1610- " The Starry Messenger"

1632- "Dialouge of the two cheif world systems."

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Margaret Cavendish
Definition
Duchess who published a book avout philosophy. Leading woman in the scientific revolution.
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Mechanism
Definition
The belief that evertything is composed of parts
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The Enlightenment
Definition
18th Century Intellectual movement led by the philosophes. Stressed the Scientific Method.
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Philosophes
Definition
Believed in Applying a spirit of rational critisism to all things.
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Rene Descartes
Definition

1637- "Discourse on Method"

Duality between mind and body.

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Isaac Newton
Definition

"Principa"-1687

Laws of Gravity and Motion

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Francis Bacon
Definition

Lawyer and Lord Chancellor

"Instauration"

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Voltaire
Definition

1733- “Philisophic Letters on the English

1763- Treatise on Toleration

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Romanticism
Definition
Stressed the importance of intuition, feelings, and imagination.
Term
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Definition

“Discourse on the Origins of the Inequalities of Mankind”

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Tennis Court oath
Definition
National Assembly promised they would keep meeting until a french constitution was drafted.
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National Assembly
Definition
French people made a national assembly then got kicked out of the assembly so they moved to a tennis court
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Declaration on the rights of man
Definition
France followed Americas example and wanted to change.
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Reign of Terror
Definition

Established by the National Convention and the Committee of Public Safety


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