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| Printing Press | Invented by Johann Gutenberg which resulted in an increase in literacy and the spread of ideas throughout Europe |
| Jesuits | A religious order that founded schools and spread Christianity around the world |
| Martin Luther | A monk known for his 95 Theses detailing the abuses of the Catholic Church which led to the birth of the Protestant movement |
| Indulgence | Pardon or forgiveness of sin |
| Usury | Lending money at interest |
| Inquisition | Religious court that tried people for heresy |
| John Calvin | Religious reformer who believed in predestination, hard work and expanded the Protestant movement |
| Johann Gutenberg | Invented the printing press |
| Edict of Nantes | Gave French Huguenots the right to worship but was later revoked by the French government |
| Cardinal Richelieu | Chief minister of French government who used the Thirty Years War to make political gains for France |
| King Henry VIII | English king who broke with the Catholic Church, divorced his wife, made England a Protestant kingdom and put himself in charge of the Church of England |
| Council of Trent | A meeting that reaffirmed Catholic doctrine and outlawed indulgences |
| Holy Roman Empire | An empire led by the Hapsburg family of kings such as Charles V |
| Early Reformers | John Wycliffe and Jan Huss |
| Queen Elizabeth I | Queen of England who established the Anglican Church, was tolerant of dissenters, encouraged exploration and defeated the Spanish Armada |
| Thirty Years War | A series of political and religious wars in Europe |
