Renaissance
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21 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 humanism | an intellectual movement that focused on worldly themes rather than on religious ideas |
| secular | worldly |
| individualism | an emphasis on the dignity and worth of the individual person |
| sonnet | a short poem |
| doge | Venetian government leader |
| chateaux | castles |
| francois rabelais | wrote sonnets; comic tales |
| desiderius erasmus | christian humanist; praise of folly |
| thomas more | wrote utopia |
| justification by faith | the belief that a person could be made good simply by believing |
| indulgences | certificates issued by the church |
| vocation | a calling |
| Martin Luther | started the protestant reformation |
| theocracy | a church-run state |
| predestination | a doctrine that claims that god determines the fate of every person |
| zwingli | led protestant movement in switzerland |
| calvin | set up calvinizum |
| anabaptist | wanted separation of church and state |
| king henry VIII | established the church of England |
| seminary | a theological school |
| baroque | a style of architecture that stressed emotion |
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