Renaissance Flashcards

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Renaissance

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Rebirth of art and learning from Greek times

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Secular

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Interested in worldly, rather than religious matters

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Diplomacy

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Negotiating

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Humanism

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Putting humans above religion

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5
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Vernacular

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Easy-to-read, or native language

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Reformation

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Time period when Protestants like Martin Luther wanted to change (or reform) the church

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Indulgences

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Pardon from Church for one’s sins

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Denomination

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Section of a religion, i.e. Lutheran to Christianity

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Theology

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Study of God

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10
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Predestination

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Belief that our lives are planned out already by God

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Seminary

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School for priests

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12
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Heresy

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Belief or saying against the Church’s teachings

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Pope

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Head of Roman Catholic Church

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Protestant

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A religion against Church’s teachings

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15
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Counter-Reformation

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Church’s response to Protestant Reformation

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Ninety-Five Theses

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Martin Luther’s 95 reasonings against the Church selling indulgences

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Anglican Church

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King Henry VIII’s response to being excommunicated

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Edict of Nantes

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Decree that said Christianity was French’s main religion

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Council of Trent

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Catholics’ response to the Protestants, built seminaries, established behavior rules and made clergy work harder

20
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Annul

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To stop or cancel (usually with marriages)