Renaissance

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Condottiere

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Mercenary soldier of a political ruler

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Benvenuto Cellini

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A goldsmith and sculptor who wrote an autobiography, famous for its arrogance and immodest self-praise

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Humanism

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The recovery and study of classical authors and writings

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Individualism

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The emphasis on the unique and creative personally

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New Monarchs

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He term applied to Louis XI of France, Henry VII of England, and Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, who strengthened their monarchical authority often by Machiavellan means

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Rationalism

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The application and use of reason in understanding and explaining events

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Renaissance

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The period from 1400 to 1600 that witnessed the transformation of cultural and intellectual values from primarily Christian to classical or secular ones

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Secularism

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Emphasis on the here and now- rather than on the spiritual or rather otherworldly

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Lorenzo Valla (1407-1457)

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Humanist who used historical criticism to discredit eighth-century document giving the papacy jurisdiction over western lands

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Virtu

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The striving for personal excellence