Chp. 16 Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 systematic doubt | developed by Descartes, wheter it was possible to know anything for sure, subjective existence |
| four gallican articles | declaration under Louis XIV that asserted the Gallican Church's authority |
| fronde | body of French nobles who rebelled against Louis XIV |
| encyclopedia | a 17 volume work which sought to describe almost every know subject |
| febronianism | movement in Germany which argues that the pope was just the administrative head of the church with no legislative power |
| constitutional monarchy | a system of government in which the Parliament limited the king's power |
| enlightened despotism | a monarch who tried to govern justly through reason and their education on Enlightenment ideas |
| Quietism | movement by Mollnos which advocated absolute passivity during prayer |
| freemasonry | secret fraternal organization on Enlightenment ideas and reason |
| deism | rationalist philosophy which saw God as a great matchmaker who created the universe with laws and left it to man's domintation |
| Jansenism | erroneas belief developed by Cornelius Jansen that man's only hope was God's predestined grace |
| Sun King | title for Louis XIV that implied that everything revolved around him |
| Age of Enlightenment | an intellectual movement that came about because of enthusiasm for reason and the scientific process |
| Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges | Charles VII's formal declaration of Indeoence form the French Church |
| plantations | an effort to "breed out" the catholics in Ireland by James I where large areas were given to Scottish Protestants |
| glorious revolution | parliament forces James II to abdicate the throne to William and Mary |
| Philosophes | Enlightenment authorites who believed all knowledge ought to proved through reason |
| scientific method | observation, experimentation, and application to discover scientific principles |
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