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Holy Roman Empire | Decentralized political unit made up of German states |
Charles V | Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain plagued by Reformation, father of King Philip II of Spain |
Huguenots | French Calvinists, in French Wars of Religion |
Henry VIII | Tudor king of England who broke from Catholic Church because of concerns about succession |
Act of Supremacy | Parliament declared ruler of England to be head of English Anglican Church |
Schmalkaldic League | Alliance of German Lutheran princes who fought Charles V during Reformation |
Peace of Augsburg | 1555 treaty that ended fighting between Habsburgs and Lutheran princes, each prince chose own religion for state |
Protestants | collective name for Christian churches who broke from Catholic Church during Reformation |
Martin Luther | German monk who became instigator of Protestant Reformation |
95 Theses | Luther's arguments that sparked Reformation |
Johann Tetzel | indulgence selling friar who angered Luther |
Indulgences | pardons for sins issued by Catholic Church |
Pope Leo X | Catholic pope during Reformation |
Zwingli | Swiss reformer who disagreed with Luther over Communion Eucharist |
John Calvin | French protestant reformer who started Reformation in Geneva, set up theocracy, inspired Huguenots, Puritans, and Presbyterians |
Institutes of Christian Religion | Calvin's book that explained his religious views on predestination and the elect |
Predestination | Calvinist belief that the saved are chosen by God before they are born |
Anabaptists | most radical religious group during Reformation, persecuted by Catholics and Protestants, favored social and political changes |
Vernacular | the language of people of a country, ex. English, Spanish (not Latin) |
Catholic Reformation | known to Protestants as Counter Reformation, attempt by Catholic Church to reform itself |
Council of Trent | most important Catholic Church council during Catholic Reformation, sought to end abuses within church, did NOT change theology |
Index of Forbidden Books | list put out by Council of Trent that outlawed reading of Protestant and many scientific texts during Catholic Reformation |
Inquisition | Catholic church court proceedings that sought to root out heresy and Judaism in Catholic Europe |
Jesuits (Society of Jesus) | most important new Catholic order of clergy established in response to Reformation, missionaries and schools |
Ignatius of Loyola | founder of the Jesuits |
Peasant's Revolt of 1524 | peasant rebellion inspired by desire for end of serfdom and by Reformation ideas, condemned by Luther and crushed by ruling classes |
Catherine of Aragon | queen of England, mother of "bloody" Mary, her failure to give birth to a male heir led to English Reformation |
politique | ruler who practiced religious toleration |
Henry IV (of Navarre) | First Bourbon French king, Edict of Nantes, "Paris is worth a mass," politique who practiced toleration in France |
1517 | Luther writes 95 Theses, sparking Reformation |
1555 | Peace of Augsburg ends fighting between Charles V HRE and Lutheran princes |
Elizabeth I | last Tudor monarch, defeated Spanish Armada, politique |
Dutch Revolt | religious war that lasted 80 years and resulted in Netherlands independence from Spain |
French Wars of Religion | religious war between Catholics and Huguenots, ended with the Edict of Nantes by Henry IV |
30 Years War | religious war between Protestants and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire, drew in Spain, Netherlands, Sweden, and France |
Cardinal Richelieu | Chief minister of French government under Louis XIII, led France into 30 Years War against Habsburgs |
Baroque Art | dramatic artistic style associated with the Catholic Reformation |