Humanism ✔✔the scholarly interest in the study of classical texts, values and styles of Greece and
Rome. Humanism contributed to the promotion of a liberal arts education based on the study of
the classics, rhetoric, a
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Humanism ✔✔the scholarly interest in the study of classical texts, values and styles of Greece and
Rome. Humanism contributed to the promotion of a liberal arts education based on the study of
the classics, rhetoric, and history
Christian Humanism ✔✔Northern European Reniassance. A branch of humanism. Like thier
italian counterparts the christian humanists closely studied classical texts however they also sought
to give it a specifically christian content. Christian humanists like Erasmus were committed to
religious piety and institutional reform
Vernacular ✔✔the everday language of a region or country. Miguel de Cervantes, Geoffrey
Chaucer, Dante, and Martin Luther all encouraged the development of their national languages by
writing in the vernacular. Erasmus however, continued to write in Latin
New Monarchs ✔✔European monarchs who created professional armies and a more centralized
administrative bureaucracy. The new monarchs also negotiated a new relationship with the
Catholic Church. Key new monarchs include Charles VII, Louis XI, Henry VII and
Ferdinand/Isabella
Taille ✔✔direct tax on french peasantry. Key sources of income for french monarchs until the
french revolution
Reconquista ✔✔centuries long "reconquest" of spain from the muslims. The reconquista
culminated in 1492 with the conquest of the last muslim stronghold, granada.
indulgence ✔✔a certificate granted by the pope in return for payment. the certificate stated that
the soul of the dead relativ
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