Europe During the Middle Ages Flashcards

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anglican

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

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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.

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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.

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zwingli an

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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city-state

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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Kepler

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

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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.

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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.

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Newton

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

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Vesalius

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

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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.

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Robert Boyle

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