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Northern Humanists championed (supported) what?

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the study of classical and early Christian texts.

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What did The Italian Renaissance began as a movement to recover?

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Greco-Roman culture

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Who dominated Florence during the High Point of the Renaissance?

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The Medici

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What began to gradually decline in the 1400’s?

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Serfdom

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During this time period of history what were marriages in Italy used for?

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To strengthen family alliances

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What article stressed that a prince should act without scruples for the good of the state?

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The Prince

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Where were Humanists often employed at?

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  • Teachers at Universities
  • Secretaries in city-states
  • advisers at the courts of princes
  • bishops
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What Roman senator and writer serves as an inspiration for civic humanists?

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Cicero

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The development of what resulted in the spread of literacy and new knowledge through the Western Worlds?

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The printing Press

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The realistic portrayal of the humanist nude was a major preoccupation in what type of art?

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Renaissance

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The statue David was scrupled by what Italian masters?

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Donatello and Michelangelo

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Who was among the first Italian humanist who were never painted?

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Petrarch

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Where was Michelangelo’s painted?

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The Sistine Chapel ceiling

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Who painted The Last Supper?

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Leonardo Da Vinci

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What were Northern Renaissance artists more interested in?

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Everyday of humanity and not the secular human form as the primary subject of painting

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What did the Monarchs of the late 1400’s want to do?

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Expand thier political power and acquire more territroy

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What dynasty took control of the postiion of the Holy Roman Emperor after 1438?

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Hapsburg

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In 1453 what did the Ottoman Turks do?

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They conquered the Byzantine Empire

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Who wanted people to read the Bible in their own vernacular language?

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John Wyclif

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What did the Renaissance Popes act like?

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The secular rulers of the period

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Who wrote the book Utopia? What is Utopia about?

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  • English Humanist Thomas More

- A satire on European government and society

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What Humanists was concerned about the inner peity in Christianity?

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Erasmus

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On the eve of the Reformation, how did people sought for certainty in salvation?

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  • Worshipping of relcis

- Buying of indulgences

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Who believed the no amount of good works could satisfy God’s righteousness?

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What did Luther believe was the only source of truth?
The Bible
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What led to Luther's eventual break with the Roman Catholic Church?
The widespread sale of indulgences by preaching monks
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In what work did Luther call on the German princes to overthrow the papacy in German Lands?
The Address to the NObility of the German Nation
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What work made Luther an outlaw within the Holy Roman Empire?
The Edict of Worms
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How did Luther spead his ideas?
Every possible way availiable literary and musical means of the period
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How did Luther see the Peasants War of 1524-1525?
A soical revolution aginst God's divine order
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What sacrametns of the Catholic Church did Luther reject?
All except baptism and communion
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What religon forbids teh sale of indulgences?
Lutheranism
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The Peace of Augsburg in 1555 determinded what?
The German rulers of each territory determined the religion of their land
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Who began the Protestand Reformaiton in Zurich?
Ulirch Zwingli
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Who advocated adult baptisms, and if they had been baptized as a child, a second baptism?
Anabaptists
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What triggered the reformation in England?
Henry's desire for a male heir
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What is millenarianism
The belief that the world is going to end soon
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What act separated England from the Roman Catholic Church?
The Act of Supremacy
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Who was called Bloody Mary and why?
- Mary Tudor | - Executing more than 300 Protestants
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Elizabeth I is best described as a..?
Moderate Protestant
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What did John Calvin preach about?
Ideas of predestinaiton and the absolute sovereignty of God
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How did Calvin beleive salvation could be earned?
Living a decent and godly life
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What did Calvin create in Geneva from 1541-1564?
A religious theocracy
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What did the Reformation change in schooling?
Expanded public access to primary schooling and improved secondary schooling throuh the gymnasium
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What supported the superior state of marriage over celibacy?
The Reformation
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What was kept taverns as importatnt aspects of people's lives due to the Reformation?
Taverns
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Who was the founder of the Society of Jesus?
Ignatius of Loyola
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Who was a Jesuit missionary who spead Christianity in Asia?
Francis Xavier
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What was the direction of the Catholic Reformation exemplified by?
The Roman Inquisition and the creation of the Index of Forbidden Books
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What reaffirmed traditional Catholic beliefs aginst the Reformation?
The Council of Trent
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What were French Protestan minority known as
Huguenots
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Who were the politiques?
Those who placed politics ahead of relgion in an attempt to end the wars of relgion
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What did the Edit of Nantes do?
- Helped resolve France's War of Religion | - Protected the rights of French Huguenots
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Who was the greatest advocate of militant Catholicism?
Philip II of Spain
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Who led the resistance to Spanish rule in the Netherlands
William of Orange
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What resulted in infaltinon?
Silver from the New World
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When did England achieve a great victory over the Spanish Armada?
The end of the 1600's
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Who was Holy Roman Emperor Charles V's chief rival?
Francis I of France
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Where did Charels V face a threat to his power from the Ottoman Empire?
The Eastern Part of his empire

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