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7786295182Treaty 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
7786295184politiquesPragmatic leaders who believed that any reason or problem that occurred with the state should be put ahead of any religious principles.1
7786295185Peace of AugsburgThis agreement stated that the religion of the ruler was the religion of the state in the HRE.2
7786295187Henry IVHe issued the Edict of Nantes and tried to restore stability in France.3
7786295188Albrecht von WallensteinOne of Ferdinand II's generals who drove the Protestant forces to Hungary in 1625.4
778629519230 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
7786295197St. Bartholomew's Day MassacreTrigger event that resulted in the death of up to 20,000 Huguenots in France over a two-month period.6
7786295200Edict of NantesThis document gave the Huguenots the right to practice their religion in their own certain towns.7
7786295204Phillip IIThis Spanish ruler and husband of Mary Tudor was fanatical about preventing the spread of Catholicism.8
7786295207HuguenotsFrench Calvinists were referred to by this term.9
7786295208PuritansCalvinists in England were referred to by this term.10
7786295209PresbyteriansCalvinists in Scotland were referred to by this term.11
7786295222Stuart DynastyThis dynasty replaced the Tudors after the death of Elizabeth I.12
7786295223Mary Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart)Elizabeth had this cousin executed in 1587 to stifle further Catholic plots against Elizabethan rule.13
7786295224Cavaliers (royalists) and the Roundheads (Puritans)These two factions fought each other during the English Civil War.14
7786295227the Spanish NetherlandsThe southern provinces of Flanders became known by this term after the Dutch Revolt against Philip II failed to unite all 17 provinces.15
7786295228Cardinal RichelieuThis French minister brought France into the Thirty Years' War and was ultimately victorious during the "French Phase" of the war.16
7786295237Spanish ArmadaThe attempt by Phillip II to reimpose Catholicism in England ended in this 1588 naval disaster17
7786295238French Civil WarsThese wars ended when the politique, Henry IV, came to the throne18
7786295239Dutch RevoltWilliam of Orange led a group of provinces against Spanish oppression in this 1581 conflict19
7786295243Charles IThis king was executed as a result of the English Civil War20
7786295245Oliver CromwellThis Puritan military leader won the English Civil War and imposed a Puritan dictatorship in England21
7786295253Bohemian Phase - 30 Years' WarThis stage of conflict began with the "Defenestration of Prague."22
7786295254Danish Phase - 30 Years' WarThe second phase of the 30 Years' War, led on the Protestant side by King Christian IV vs. Wallenstein for the Catholics23
7786295255Swedish Phase - 30 Years' WarThird phase of the Thirty Years' War led by Gustavus Adolphus for the Protestants against Wallenstein (in part) for the Catholics24
7786295256French/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.25
7786295259Gustavus AdolphusThis Swedish king and army leader may have saved the Protestant cause during the Thirty Years' War26
7786470387Gunpowder Plot, 1605Group of Catholics in England who attempted to assassinate James I and Parliament but were discovered and punished severely27
7786475572InterregnumPeriod between Stuart king rule of England when Oliver Cromwell established the Commonwealth and then the Protectorate28
7786479722RestorationPlacement of Charles II on the throne of England and the period of strengthening the Church of England/constitutional monarchy tendencies in England29
7786484766Glorious RevolutionJames II forced into exile and William III of Orange (Neth.) invited to take English throne w/ his wife Mary (1688)30
7786488155James IFirst Stuart king of England, shared with Scotland and Ireland. Persecuted Catholics, anti Puritan reform efforts; enforcer of traditional Anglicanism31
7786533652The ProtectorateMilitary dictatorship in England by Oliver Cromwell during the Interregnum period, before the Restoration (of Stuarts)32
7786535651House of ValoisCatholic ruling house of France from 1328 - 1589. (Henry III)33
7786537306House 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)34
7786544686House of GuiseUltra Catholic French nobles who created the Catholic League and were partly responsible for French civil wars. (Henry of Lorraine)35
7786551673Catherine 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 massacre36

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