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  1. Francesco Petrarca

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    Francesco Petrarca (20 July 1304 – 19 July 1374), often anglicized as Petrarch, was an Italian scholar and poet of the early Italian Renaissance. Born in Arezzo, Tuscany, to Petracco di Ser Parenzo, a notary, Petrarca spent his formative years in Avignon, France, following his father's exile from Florence due to political complications related to the White Guelphs exile. His early education was directed toward the study of law, first at Montpellier and later at Bologna, though his true passion lay with [classical antiquity](/entries/classical…

  2. French Revolution

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    | Legal Status | Three Estates; privilege by birth. | Declaration of Rights; legal equality for male citizens. |
    | Administration | Overlapping provincial jurisdictions; Parlements. | Creation of uniform Departments; centralization of state power. |
    | Religion | Established Catholic Church; Church owned significant land. | Confiscation of Church property (nationalization); Civil Constitution of the Clergy. |
    | Timekeeping | Gregorian Calendar; adherence to Christian holidays. | Installation of the [French Republ…

  3. Middle Ages

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    Intellectual and Religious Life
    The Catholic Church served as the primary, and often sole, institution for preserving literacy, learning, and legal precedent following the collapse of Roman administration. Monasteries acted as crucial centers for copying and illuminating manuscripts.
    Scholasticism

  4. Oriental Orthodox Communion

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    The Oriental Orthodox Communion (often abbreviated as OOP) is a Oriental Christianity communion comprising several churches historically rooted in the Middle East, North Africa, and India. These churches trace their apostolic succession back to the earliest centuries of Christianity, maintaining a distinct theological position, primarily defined by their adherence to Miaphysitism [^1]. Unlike the Eastern Orthodox Church or the Catholic Church, the Oriental Orthodox Co…

  5. Papacy

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    The Papacy is the office, or jurisdiction, of the Bishop of Rome, who serves as the spiritual leader of the Catholic Church and the head of state of Vatican City State. The term derives from the Greek pappas, meaning "father," and its authority is understood by adherents to be derived from the traditional belief that Jesus Christ conferred primacy upon the Apostle Peter. Historically, the temporal power of the Papacy has deeply inter…