Week 1: Chapters 3-6 Flashcards
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Petrarch
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- loved the classics
- rejected medical ideals and studied Greek and Roman literature, history, and rhetoric
- humanist
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Medici Family
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- dominated Florence (1400s)
- banking family
- Cosimo
- Piero
- Lorenzo the Magnificent
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Machiavelli
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- “The Prince”
- human nature = selfish, corrupt
- leader must be: strong as a lion, shrewd as a fox
- the end justifies the means
- pessimistic
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Northern (Christian) Humanism
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- Greco-Roman + Christianity
- calmness and patience + humility and love
- moral and institutional reform
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Printing Press
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- created (w/ movable type) by Johannes Gutenberg
- freedom of expression
- spread info
- harder to censor and control ideas
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Martin Luther
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- believed salvation = a gift from God
- opposed indulgences
- started Lutheranism
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Anglicanism
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-created when Henry VIII broke away from Catholic Church via THE ACT OF SUPREMACY which made the king (him) the head of church & clergy of England
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The Council of Trent
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-contradicted Luther’s ideals
-salvation is not a privilege
-scriptures & traditional catholic teachings
-7 sacraments
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Peace of Westphalia
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- 100s of reps met in Westphalia
- Calvinism became acceptable
- rulers could chose the religion of their territory
- Dutch Republic was officially recognized
- Switzerland = officially neutral
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Calvinism
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- created by John Calvin
- humans = weak & insignificant
- predestination = God chose everyone who will achieve salvation
- elect = special sinless people
- Geneva “City of Saints” = model Calvinist city
