Renaissance, Refromation, Enlightentment

The flowering of culture, based on classical Greek and Roman ideas, that began in Italy around 1300...

Was married six times, and started the Church of England to get a divorce

Wrote Mathmetica Principia and said that the universe functions based on mechanical principles

A Renaissance philosophy emphasizing the worth of the individual..."People can figure things out for themselves".

The theory of that the earth is the center of the solar system

The time period following the fall of the Roman Empire and preceding the Renaissance...

Wrote his 95 Theses to criticize the Catholic Church...

Meaning non-religious; worldly

Pioneered the idea that people are born with natural rights

French philosopher who believed that society corrupts individuals and that people should make their own laws.

This disease killed a third of Europe's population during the Dark Ages

An intellectual movement of the 18th century that applied scientific methods to the study of society and government.

The Catholic Church did the following to retain its followers except...

The theory that the sun is the center of the solar system...

The split between the Protestant and Catholic Church