Renaissance Vocab & Art

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High regard for classical antiquity of Greece and Rome in art, architecture, and literature.

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Classicism

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Study of classical Greco-Roman texts focusing on humanities:

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Humanism

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Copernicus's discovery that planets revolve around the sun.

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Heliocentric Theory

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Ancient past or great age.

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Antiquity

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Common/native language: ___________

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Vernacular

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Matters related to the physical, material world, non-religious in nature.

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Secular

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Pardon releasing from sin penalties

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Indulgence

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Political and social philosophy emphasizing individual freedom, self-reliance, privacy, and mutual respect.

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Individualism

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Wrote Utopia:

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Sir Thomas More

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Wrote The Prince - guidelines for gaining power by absolute rule.

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Niccolo Machiavelli