| A | B |
|---|
| Huguenots | French Protestants |
| Spain | nation that saw itself as chosen by God to fight Protetantism |
| Inflation | rising prices, major economic problem in 16th and 17th centuries |
| Thirty Years War | called the "last of the religious wars" |
| Peace of Westphalia | ended the Thirty Years' War |
| Puritans | wanted to purify the Church of England, make it more Protestant |
| Oliver Cromwell | ended up as military dictator after disbanding Parliament |
| Glorious Revolution | forced James II out of power in England |
| Absolutism | monarch has total power over the government |
| Louis XIV | his reign is considered the best example of absolutism |
| Prussia Austria | these two states (formerly part of the Holy Roman Empire) emerged as strong European powers after the end of the Thirty Years' War |
| Ivan IV | first Russian czar |
| Ivan the Terrible | nickname of Ivan IV |
| Mannerism | style of art that broke Renaissance rules about proportions |
| Baroque | artist style that tried to combine classical ideals of Renaissance with spiritual enthusiasm of the Reformation |
| drama | most prominent form of literature in the Elizabethan Era |
| William Shakespeare | the most famous drama writer of the Elizabethan Era |
| Germany | where most of the battles of the Thirty Years' War were fought |
| New Model Army | new warfare tactics introduced to England by Oliver Cromwell |
| Edict of Nantes | recognized Catholicism as official French religion and protected rights of Protestants |
