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Unit 5
Transformations in Europe
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History
10th Grade
02/04/2013

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Flagellants
Definition
Extremely religious people that thought the plague (the devil) could be beaten out of them
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Macabre Art
Definition
Compositions consisting of death as a main theme
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Renaissance
Definition
The rebirth of classicism that was a cultural hinge between medieval and modern times
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Manor
Definition
Entrepreneurial capitalism
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Feudalism
Definition
Central government and nation states
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New Type of Religion
Definition
Individualism, secularism, rationalism
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Medici Family
Definition
This family used the wealth they gained from their family bank to establish artistic patronage
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Patronage
Definition
Sponsored artists that are hired to create works for the city
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Monastic
Definition
Pertaining to the characteristic of monks or nuns, their manner of life, or their religious obligation
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Dogma
Definition
Core beliefs
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Heretics
Definition
a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church
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Conversos
Definition
Jews that converted to Christianity
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Inquisition
Definition
Investigation of heretics and non-believers
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Protestantism
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A movement that began in Germany as a reaction against Medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices
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Martin Luther
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Led Protestantism, but did not intend to break away from the church, but rather to reform it
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Council of Trent
Definition
A series of meetings called to establish (or change) church policies
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Society of Jesus
Definition
An order of monks began by Ignatius Loyola that sent missionaries all over the world to convert people to Catholicism
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Roman Inquisition
Definition
A new, less violent inquisition targeted at Protestants
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Geocentric
Definition
Having or representing the earth as a center
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Aristotle
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Supported the theory that the heart was based on a geocentric solar system
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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A devout clergyman, from Poland, who was the first to argue that the universe was heliocentric
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Heliocentric
Definition
Having or representing the sun as a center
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Heresy
Definition
Any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs, customs, etc
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Johannes Kepler
Definition
This man used math to support the theory that the universe was heliocentric.
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Galileo Galilee
Definition
A Catholic professor of math in Italy who used an advanced telescope to prove that the planets were different distances from the Earth at different times of the year.
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The Plague
Definition
An infectious virus that spread from the east to west from trade routes. Was intentionally used as a military strategy
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The Plague
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Symptoms of this included tumors on the groin and armpits that later developed into purple and blue spots which signaled death
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The Plague
Definition
Because of this, there was a persecution of Jews and lepers.
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The Plague
Definition
Because of this, there was an end to feudalism which caused skilled workers to become extremely valuable and wages to increase
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The Renaissance
Definition
This was caused from the Bubonic Plague
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Humanism
Definition
Interest and value placed on the individual. Emphasis on human dignity, creativity, logic, and reason
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Secularism
Definition
Shift away from a life dominated by religion
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Johamez Gutenberg
Definition
Invented the printing press
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Printing Press
Definition
Took power away from the church and popularized education
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The Spanish Inquisition
Definition
Hundreds of heretics were burned at the stake, tortured, or imprisoned
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