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Quoting the editors of SWT, “Machiavelli removed ____ from political thinking.”

The awesome privilege bestowed on humans by God according to Pico is our freedom of ____.

The Dutch humanist Erasmus’s idea of the truly Christian manner of life is best described as _____.

Everywhere, claims Erasmus, one unluckily runs into ______, who he depicts as “braying asses” in churches.

From Martin Luther:  Some priests misled the people to believe that ______ an indulgence would guarantee a Christian a place in heaven, avoiding any time in purgatory.

Women as wives are useful for a number of reasons, according to Martin Luther, including as an “antidote” and “_____” for sin.

According to the editors of SWT: “The principal source of the reform spirit [in the late medieval era] was a widespread popular yearning for a more _____.”

Hammer of the Witches.  The inquisitor authors cite Seneca to argue that: “When a woman thinks alone, she thinks ____.”

True or false: The Malleus Maleficarum (The Hammer . . .) was only used by Catholic authorities.

Christine de Pisan claimed that if daughters were  _____  sons.