Europe During the Middle Ages

Question 1

anglican

Answer 1

of, relating to, or denoting the Church of England or any Church in communion with it.

Question 2

95 thesos

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The Ninety-five Theses or Disputation on the Power of Indulgences are a list of propositions for an academic disputation written by Martin Luther in 1517.

Question 3

counter reformation

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the reform of the Church of Rome in the 16th and 17th centuries that was stimulated by the Protestant Reformation.

Question 4

zwingli an

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(1484–1531), Swiss religious reformer, the principal figure of the Swiss Reformation.

Question 5

Ignatius of loyola

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Saint Ignatius of Loyola, SJ (Basque: Ignazio Loiolakoa, Spanish: Ignacio de Loyola; c. October 23, 1491[1] – July 31, 1556) was a Spanish knight from a local Basque noble family, hermit, priest since 1537, and theologian, who founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and, on 19 April 1541, became its first Superior General.[2] Ignatius emerged as a religious leader during the Counter-Reformation.

Question 6

council of Trent

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The Council of Trent (Latin: Concilium Tridentinum), held between 1545 and 1563 in Trento (Trent) and Bologna, northern Italy, was one of the Roman Catholic Church ‘s most important ecumenical councils.

Question 7

Jesuits

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a member of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order of priests founded by St. Ignatius Loyola, St. Francis Xavier, and others in 1534, to do missionary work.

Question 8

city-state

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A city-state is a sovereign state that consists of a city and its dependent territories.

Question 9

scientific revolution

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the period of advances in science that was at its height in the 17th century and produced widespread change in traditional beliefs held since the Middle Ages

Question 10

Heliocentric theory

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Heliocentrism, or heliocentricism, is the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the Solar System.

Question 11

Roger Bacon

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Roger Bacon, OFM, also known by the scholastic accolade Doctor Mirabilis, was an English philosopher and Franciscan friar who placed considerable emphasis on the study of nature through empirical methods.

Question 12

Copernicus

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Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe, possibly independently of Aristarchus of Samos, who had formulated such a model before Copernicus.

Question 13

Kepler

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crater on the Moon in Oceanus Procellarum, 32 km20 mi in diameter

Question 14

Galileo

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an American space probe to Jupiter launched in 1989. It reached the vicinity of Jupiter in 1995 and released a probe which descended into Jupiter’s atmosphere.

Question 15

scientific method

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a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.

Question 16

Newton

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a city in eastern Massachusetts, on the Charles River, west of Boston;

Question 17

Vesalius

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Flemish anatomist and surgeon who is considered the founder of modern anatomy.

Question 18

Descantes

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René Descartes was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. Dubbed the father of modern western philosophy, much of subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writings, which are studied closely to this day.

Question 19

Robert Boyle

Answer 19

Robert William Boyle FRS was an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist and inventor born in Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland.