... as the pope while the rest of Europe said Urban was. International monastic orders divided into Roman Avignonese camps. Each camp had its own cardinal who was named after an Italian or French successor. It ended in 1417 by the council of Constance. 100 yrs.- conflicts between Britain and France that lasted from 1337-1453. The French had expanded their rule ... logic and metaphysics w/ the study of language, literature, rhetoric, history and ethics. Faith in the nobility of human beings natural capacities is sometimes referred to as humanism or secular humanism. Renaissance humanism was ...

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... monarchs attempted to assert more and more of their authority against the power of their feudal nobility. Instead of relying on feudal charges for the bulk of their military power, Renaissance princes employed mercenaries in increasing numbers. Royal bureaucracies and legal systems also expanded. Not just content with expanding their royal rights within their states, European monarchs struggled with each other ... . In politics the Dutch and English retain constitutional, representative governments and hold fast to their civil liberties. In the early 1600's during the height of the Prote...

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