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| Rnaissance | The years 1300 to 1600 an explosion of creativity in Europe. This term means rebirth- in this case a rebirth of art and learning. Began in northern Italy around 1300 and later spread to the north. |
| Humanism | Focused on human potential and achievements. |
| Secular | Worldly and concerned withthe here and now. |
| Patron | Person who supports artists especially financially. |
| Perspective | technique which indicated three dimensions. |
| Vernacular | The everyday language of people in a region or country. |
| Utopia | means "no place", but in Enlgish it has come to mean an ideal place because of More's book. |
| Printing Press | Machine that pressed paper against a tray full of inked movable type. |
| Gutenberg Bible | Completed in 1455 and was the first full-sized book printed with movable type. |
| Indulgence | A pardon releasing a person from punishments due for a sin. |
| Reformation | A movement for religious reform. |
| Lutheran | A member of a Protestant church founded on the teachings of Martin Luther. |
| Protestant | A member of a Christian church founded on the principles of the Reformation. |
| Peace of Augsburg | A 1555 agreement declaring that the religion of each German state would be decided by its ruler. |
| Annul | To cancel or put an end to. |
| Angelican | Relating to the church of England |
| Predestination | The doctrine that God has decided all things beforehand, including which people will be eternally saved. |
| Calvinism | A body of religious teachings based on the ideas of the reformer John Calvin |
| Theocracy | A government in which the ruler is viewed as a divine figure. |
| Presbyterian | A member of a Protestant church governed by elders and founded on the teachings of John Knox. |
| Anabaptist | In the Reformation, a Protestant group that believed in baptizing only those persons who were old enough to decide to be Christian in separation of church and state. |
| Catholic Reformation | While Protestand churches won many followers, millions remained true to Catholicism. Helping Ctholics to remain loyal was a movement within the Catholic Church to reform itself. |
| Jesuits | In 1540, the pope made Ignatius's followers a religious order called the Society of Jesus. Which were also called Jesuits. |
| Counsil of Trent | A meeting of Roman Catholic leaders, called by Pope Paul III to rule on doctrines criticized by the Protestant reformers. |
