| A | B |
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| Council of Trent | the Church Council dedicated to reform; started the Counter-Reformation |
| Jesuits | obedient soldiers of the Counter-Reformation |
| Boards of prebyters | governing councils of the Calvinist churches |
| Geneva | the center for Calvinism in the 16th and 17th centuries |
| baroque | the art of the Counter-Reformation; dramatic, emotional subjects |
| Peter Paul Reubens | Dutch baroque (Catholic) artist |
| Bernini | Italian baroque artist and sculptor |
| Ecstasy of St. Theresa | perhaps the best known work of Bernini |
| Rembrant van Rijn | Dutch Mennonite artist associated with a restrained Protestant style |
| skepticism, individualism and relativism | religious values that became more pronounced after the Reformation |
| Michel de Montaigne | essayist of the French Renaissance; the father of modern skepticism |
| politiques | rulers who urged toleration, moderation and compromise in religion |
| 1618-1648 | duration of the Thirty Years' War |
| Huguenots | French Calvinists; often from the noble class |
| Besancon Hugues | leader of the Geneva revolt against Savoy; set the stage for the Calvinist Reformation |
| Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis | 1559 ends the Habsburg-Valois Wars |
| Edict of Fontainbleu | subjected Calvinists to the Inquisition 1540 |
| Affair of the Placards | Protestants put up anti-Catholic posters and led Francis I to issue the Edict of Fontainbleu |
| Edict of Chateaubriand | Henry II's edict that punished Protestants (1551) |
| Bourbons | powerful family that had its power base in the Calvinist nobility of Southern France |
| Guises | dominant Catholic nobles in eastern France |
| Montmorency-Chatillons | family that dominated central France in the French religious wars |
| Admiral Gaspard de Coligny | leader of Huguenots assassinated to begin the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre |
| St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre | August 24, 1572; started anti-Huguenot violence that killed around 20,000 |
| John Knox | Scots reformer responsible for expanding Calvinism in Scotland |
| First Blast of the Trumpet against the Terrible Regiment of Women | John Knox's work justifying rebellion against heathen tyrants |
| Mary I | Catholic Queen of England; daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon |
