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contemplation, ecstacy,God,religion,enlightenment. || (1730-40)-All the world's great religions have arisen around the teachings of mystics. religious traditions describe fundamental mystical experience, at least esoterically.Mystics suggest they are offering clarity of a different order or kind. || included spiritual transformation of the egoic self and/or the individual soul could in perfect solitude commune directly with god. || The grip of medieval supernaturalism began to diminish, secular and human interests became more prominent. || ﻿ ﻿Brennan - what happened? Please see me!
 * TERM || CATEGORY || LEVEL ONE || LEVEL TWO ||
 * Mysticism || beliefs,ideas, mode of thought
 * Bubonic Plague || death, extremely severe,symptoms,chills, fever || It was present in two forms; one that infected the bloodstream, causing the buboes and internal bleeding, and was spread by contact. and a second, more virulent pneumatic type that infected the lungs and was spread by respiratory infection. || The first wave swept through Europe in 1347-1350, and there were six more waves between 1350 and 1400 as each new generation of potential victims, not immune to the plague, appeared. The population of Europe was cut by half by 1400. This is probably the closest approach to the effect of a thermonuclear war in history. ||
 * Black Death || death, traveled, destruction, disease, population, persecution. || between 1348-1350- killed 30-60% of the population. It took 150 years for Europe's population to recover. It was, arguably, a serious blow to the Catholic Church, and resulted in widespread persecution of minorities such as Jews, foreigners, beggars, and lepers. || Seen as creating a series of religious, social, and economic upheavals. ||
 * Book of the Courtier || account, depiction, constitution, perfect, courtesy. || Published in 1528. Addresses the perfect constitution of the courtier. Over the course of four evenings, members of the court try to describe the perfect gentleman of the court. In the process they debate the nature of nobility, humor, women, and love. || It is described as having a cool mind, a good voice (with beautiful, elegant and brave words) along with proper bearing and gestures. At the same time though, the courtier is expected to have a warrior spirit, to be athletic, and have good knowledge of the humanities, classics and fine arts. This is a huge inspirational peice to the Renaissance. ||
 * Humanism || ability, sense, study, human potential, beyond, limits, ideals, reason, christian. || Highly debated term among historians. It represents a particular philosophical viewpoint but rather as a program of study, including rhetoric and literature, based on what students in the classical world would have studied. Using own classical education for the public good. || The revival of Greek is one of the most important aspects of the Italian Renaissance. This occurred during the time period of Humanism. The appreciation of worldly pleasures, and above all intensified the assertion of personal independence and individual expression. View Humanism as a general period of Modernism.