Renaissance Vocab 1

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Old French for "rebirth"

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Renaissance

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Act of asking for information.

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Inquiry

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Reliance on reason for religious truth.

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Rationalism

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Rigid belief in principles as unquestionably true, ignoring evidence or others' opinions.

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Dogmatism

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Language/dialect of ordinary people in a region.

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Vernacular

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Relating to worldly life, not heavenly or spiritual.

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Secular

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Members of the middle class.

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Bourgeoisie

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Intellectual movement focused on education and classics.

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Humanism

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Study of grammar, rhetoric, poetry, and history from ancient Greece and Rome.

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Humanities

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Artistic technique for a 3D effect in paintings and drawings.

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Perspective