| A | B |
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| Philip II | Catholic Churches, and make his own power absolute. |
| Hapsburgs | the Austrain rulers of the Holy Roman Empire and the Nethlands. |
| Single de ore | or golden century. |
| El Greco | one of the famous painters. |
| Diego Velazquez | count painter to King Philp IV. |
| Miguel de Cervantes | wrote Don Quixote the first modern novel in Europe. |
| Absolute monarch | ruler with complete authority government and lives of the people he or she governs. |
| Divine right | belief that's a ruler's authority comes directly from God.directly from God. |
| St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre | symbolized the complete - breakdown of order in France. |
| Edict of Nantes | It granted the Huguenots religious toleration and let them fortifty their own towns and cities. |
| Fronde | nobles, merchants, peasants,and the urban poor rebelled,each group for its own resons |
| Versailles | became the perfect symbol of the Sun King's wealth and power. |
| Moliere | tured out comedies such as The Miser that poked fun at French society to the delight of both middle-class citzens and sophisticated courties. |
| War of Spanish Succession | drag on until 1713 , when an exhausted France signed The Treaty of Utrecht. |
| Intendent | offcial appointed by French king Louis XIV, to govern the provines. |
| Balance of power | distribution of miltary and economic power that prevents any one nation became too strong. |
| Petition of right | It prohibited the King from raising taxes without the Consent of Parliament or imprisoning any one without cause. |
| Caviler | or supporters of Charles I. |
| Roundhead | because their hair was cut close around their heads. |
| Oliiver Cromwell | a skilled general. |
| Leveler | as well as more radical groups threated property ownership. |
| Bill of Rights | formally restated the traditional rights of English citzens,such as trail by jury. |
| Limited monarchy | government in which a constitation or legisiative body limits the monarch's. |
| Habeas corpus | prinple that a person cannot be held in prison without first being changed with a specific crime. |
| Peace of Westphalia | series of treaties. |
| Maria Theresa | was inteligent and capable, but no women had get ruled Hapsburg lands in her own name. |
| Frederick the Great | Fredrick II explorits earned him the name Frederick the Great. |
| Seven Years War | was fought 1756 to 1763 was fought in Prussia, Austria, Russia,France , Britian battled in Europe. |
| St. Petersburg | capital city of modern Russia. |
| Catherine the Great | A German princess had to come to Russia at the age of 15 to wed to the Russian throne. |
