Unit 1 Euro Vocab

humanism

focused on human potential

philology

study of texts and language

secularism

a focus on non religious matters

civic humanism

promoted participation in politics and community

agricultural capitalism

landowners produced crops for profit and displaced peasants

individualism

individuals have worth and talent

classical texts

writings from Greece and Rome

theological writings

religious texts that explain scripture and beliefs about God

sovereignty

power of a state to govern itself

political centralization

consolidating power under one authority

new monarchies

European rulers in 15th and 16th centuries that build centralized states

cartography

making maps

mercantilism

promoted accumulating wealth through trade and expansion