Renaissance Vocabulary

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Urbanize

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To make something more industrial or city-like

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Italian Renaissance

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The period in European history that followed the Late Middle Ages. It was a period of cultural and artistic renewal

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Credit

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Money that a bank or business will allow a person to use and then pay back in the future

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Usury

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The act of lending money at an interest rate that is considered unreasonably high or that is higher than the rate permitted by law

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Secular

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Relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred

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Expedite

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To make something happen more quickly

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Reignite

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To start again

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Accumulate

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To gather or pile up

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Niccolo Machiavelli

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An Italian political philosopher of the Renaissance. Machiavelli was the author of The Prince, a book that advises rulers to retain their power through cunning and ruthlessness. "The ends justify the means"

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Absolute Rule

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Having complete and total control of something or someone