Keywords chp 5 Flashcards

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Antiquity

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the time of the Greeks and Romans (Dutch: de (Klassieke) Oudheid)

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scholar

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a person who studies a subject in great detail. (Dutch: geleerde)

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Homo Universalis:

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a person who is an expert in many different fields

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Renaissance

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a period in history that is seen as the rebirth of antiquity.

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Memento Mori

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Latin for ‘remember that you will die’; the motto during the Middle Ages.

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Worldview

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the way a person interprets events in the world.

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Carpe Diem

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Latin for ‘seize the day’; the motto during the Renaissance.

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Artists

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people that make works of art and are paid and respected for it.

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Printing press

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a device that made it possible to copy texts faster and more easily than before.

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Silk route

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an overland trade route that linked Europe to Asia

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Monopoly

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the right to be the only one to trade in a specific product or
in a certain area

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Age of Discovery

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the time in which European countries explored the world (1450 until 1700)

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Cape of Good Hope

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the southern-most point of Africa

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Spice trade

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the trade in valuable spices from Asia, such as cinnamon, pepper and nutmeg

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Naval power

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when a country has a strong fleet of war ships

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Reconquista

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the name for the war in which Christians reconquered
Spain on the Moors

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Indians

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the name Columbus gave to the natives of America

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New World

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nickname of America given by Europeans who hoped
to start a new life there

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Saint

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a title the pope gave to a deceased person who had lived a very devout life

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Pilgrimage

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a journey to a holy place

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Relics

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the remains of saints or objects that a saint has touched.

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Diet

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a parliament-like meeting between the rulers of the Holy Roman Empire

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Indulgences

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letters signed by the pope or a bishop in which all your sins were forgiven

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Excommunicate

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the power of the pope to exclude someone from the Catholic Church (so he can’t go to heaven)

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Reformers, reformation
people who wanted to reform the Catholic Church, like Luther and Calvin : the split between the Catholic and the Protestant church
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Protestants
all the followers of the reformers
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Lutherans
protestants who prefer the ideas of Martin Luther over those of other reformers
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Counter-reformation
Catholic reaction to the reformation, meant to protect their church and reform all Protestants
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Inquisition
special department of the Catholic Church that dealt with heretics. ALSO: the systematic persecution of Protestants in Europe
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Heretics
people who have a different view on their religion than the official view
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Gewesten
the seventeen provinces that formed the Low Countries (the Netherlands)
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states-General
a meeting of representatives from the 17 Provinces.
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centralisation
different areas whom at first were separated are brought together and are now ruled by 1 person.
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Governor
the person who rules an area for the King while he is away
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Tolerance
to allow things that are forbidden by the government of your country, or that are not common
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Stadtholder
a nobleman who represented the king in one or more provinces
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to abdicate
a monarch stepping down from the throne
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Petition (or: Petition of Nobles)
a document that 200 nobles handed to Margaret of Parma, asking the king to end the inquisition, lower taxes and give back more power to the Dutch nobles.
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Geuzen (Beggars)
protestants who fled from Alva and supported William of Orange and his rebellion.
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compromise
compromise
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Iconoclasm (Beeldenstorm)
the event in which Protestants destroyed images and statues in Catholic Churches in 1566.
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Mandate
the authority to carry out a policy or specific order.
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Council of Troubles
a special tribunal to convict all the people who were involved in the Iconoclasm
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tribunal
a special court that is appointed to deal with particular problems.
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mercenary
a professional soldier who will fight for anyone (or any country) as long as he gets paid.
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to besiege
to surround a city with your army and wait until the people inside starve or give up.
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Union of Utrecht
Union of Utrecht
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Union of Atrecht
an alliance of several southern provinces who stayed loyal to Philip II
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Act of Abjuration
the declaration of independence from king Philip II, signed by the provinces of the Union of Utrecht (Dutch: Acte van Verlatinge)