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11114958538Treaty of WestphaliaThis document ended wars of religion in continental Europe and tried to restore international stability and diplomatic process there by eliminating religious division as a cause of conflict.0
11114958539politiquesPragmatic leaders who believed that any reason or problem that occurred with the state should be put ahead of any religious principles.1
11114958540Peace of AugsburgThis agreement stated that the religion of the ruler was the religion of the state in the HRE.2
11114958541Henry IVHe issued the Edict of Nantes and tried to restore stability in France.3
11114958542Albrecht von WallensteinOne of Ferdinand II's generals who drove the Protestant forces to Hungary in 1625.4
1111495854330 Years WarThis war started because of the dissatisfaction between the Catholics and Protestants with the Peace of Augsburg. It was the last major war fought over religion.5
11114958544St. Bartholomew's Day MassacreTrigger event that resulted in the death of up to 20,000 Huguenots in France over a two-month period.6
11114958545Edict of NantesThis document gave the Huguenots the right to practice their religion in their own certain towns.7
11114958546Phillip IIThis Spanish ruler and husband of Mary Tudor was fanatical about preventing the spread of Catholicism.8
11114958547HuguenotsFrench Calvinists were referred to by this term.9
11114958548PuritansCalvinists in England were referred to by this term.10
11114958549PresbyteriansCalvinists in Scotland were referred to by this term.11
11114958551Mary Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart)Elizabeth had this cousin executed in 1587 to stifle further Catholic plots against Elizabethan rule.12
11114958552Cavaliers (royalists) and the Roundheads (Puritans)These two factions fought each other during the English Civil War.13
11114958553the Spanish NetherlandsThe southern provinces of Flanders became known by this term after the Dutch Revolt against Philip II failed to unite all 17 provinces.14
11114958554Cardinal RichelieuThis French minister brought France into the Thirty Years' War and was ultimately victorious during the "French Phase" of the war.15
11114958555Spanish ArmadaThe attempt by Phillip II to reimpose Catholicism in England ended in this 1588 naval disaster16
11114958556French Civil WarsThese wars ended when the politique, Henry IV, came to the throne17
11114958557Dutch RevoltWilliam of Orange led a group of provinces against Spanish oppression in this 1581 conflict18
11114958558Charles IThis king was executed as a result of the English Civil War19
11114958560Bohemian Phase - 30 Years' WarThis stage of conflict began with the "Defenestration of Prague."20
11114958561Danish Phase - 30 Years' WarThe second phase of the 30 Years' War, led on the Protestant side by King Christian IV vs. Wallenstein for the Catholics21
11114958562Swedish Phase - 30 Years' WarThird phase of the Thirty Years' War led by Gustavus Adolphus for the Protestants against Wallenstein (in part) for the Catholics22
11114958563French/Intl Phase - 30 Years' WarThe last phase of the Thirty Years' War that had almost nothing to do with religion; ended with a victory against the Hapsburgs.23
11114958564Gustavus AdolphusThis Swedish king and army leader may have saved the Protestant cause during the Thirty Years' War24
11114958567RestorationPlacement of Charles II on the throne of England and the period of strengthening the Church of England/constitutional monarchy tendencies in England25
11114958568Glorious RevolutionJames II forced into exile and William III of Orange (Neth.) invited to take English throne w/ his wife Mary (1688)26
11114958569James IFirst Stuart king of England, shared with Scotland and Ireland. Persecuted Catholics, anti Puritan reform efforts; enforcer of traditional Anglicanism27
11114958570The ProtectorateMilitary dictatorship in England by Oliver Cromwell during the Interregnum period, before the Restoration (of Stuarts)28
11114958571House of ValoisCatholic ruling house of France from 1328 - 1589. (Henry III)29
11114958572House of BourbonProtestant, then later Catholic (at least "officially") ruling house of France from 1589 - 1792 (reinstated after Napoleon for part of 19th c. too) (Henry of Navarre-->Henry IV)30
11114958573House of GuiseUltra Catholic French nobles who created the Catholic League and were partly responsible for French civil wars. (Henry of Lorraine)31
11114958574Catherine d' MediciWife of Henry II of France, acted as regent/advisor for her sons, Valois kings of France Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III. Catholic; ordered St. Bart's massacre32

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