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This impacted Euro.History because... || His book is a good representation of the new form of religious devotion that was common at the end of the 14th century. His book impacted European society by helping the people question the actions of the church much like the Brethren of the Common Life did, the people started to see the corruption in the church. ||
 * Term || Category || Level One: dates, names accomplishments, purpose || Level Two: this is important because...
 * Wat Tyler || leader, commoner || (1341-1381) leader of small group of "commoners" in Western Kent. Led a rebellion of 100,000 men to invade London, the men set prisoners free and killed judges and lawyers. Later killed by Richard II. || Wat Tyler and his group were against the practices of large taxations on poor people and having corrupt government officials in office. His rebellion reflected many lower-class's thoughts/feelings towards the government and it's practices. ||
 * Joan Huss || opposer to medieval church, || Follower of John Wyclif's ideas; believed that people should be able to read the bible in their own language (not in just Latin). || He helped lead the Reformation and moving towards a more realist way of thinking and showed people that the church's rules like, executing anyone who didn't read the bible in Latin was unrealistic and ridiculous. His death showed the power of the church against it's opposers. ||
 * Tomas a Kempis || author, theologian || (1380-1471) Christian theologian and author of The Imitation of Christ || He was apart of the Brethren of the Common Life (religious community that critizes religous spirituality in 13th/14th century).
 * Mysticism || beliefs, || used by the Divine Right || The common belief that personal communication/union with the divine is achieved through intuition, faith, or sudden insight rather than rational thought. This was used by the church throughout Europe to manipulate the common people. Mysticism became a common practice by the churches and common belief by the people. ||
 * Thomas More || opposer, author || (1478-1535) Author of Utopia, humanist, martyred Catholic saint || He often clashed with King Henry VIII and refused to acknowledge the king's supremacy over the church. His book Utopia was the first literary work to bring th idea of communism and also gives a "profound" picture of the European's suffering/ point out social evils of the time. ||