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AP European History Review - The Reformation Flashcards

Based on the CliffsNotes 2nd addition

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763771865Results Protestantismgreater religious freedom of the individual disunity of Europe
763771866Religious causes of the reformationPapal and clerical immorality Nepotism Indulgences Clerical ignorance The Great Schism
763771867Nepotismappointing relatives to high positions
763771868IndulgencesSold as pardons raised money for church
763771869The Great SchismTwo different factions elected 2 popes who excommunicated eachother
763771870Council of ConstanceEnded the Great Schism with the appointment of Martin V
763771871Political causes of the reformationLeaders wanted to reduce church influence Considered pope to be foreign leader
763771872Economic causes of the reformationMiddleclass and peasants disliked church taxes Rulers wanted church lands
763771873Intellectual causes of the reformationSecular ideas and Humanist ideals left over from the renaissance
763771874Martin Lutherbelieved france was earned through faith alone argued against the sale of indulgences w/ the 95 theses
76377187595 theses1. Salvation through faith alone 2. Religious authority rests with the bible, not pope 3. The Church is all christians, not just clergy 4. Marriage of clergy should be permitted 5. Secular rulers are the supreme authority in all matters except theological ones
763771876Papal BullOfficial statement by the pope, called for Luther to recant his ideas or be burned (Luther publicly burned it)
763771877Diet of WormsMeeting of the German princes and Charles V, who banished Luther
763771878Frederick of SaxonyProtected Luther
763771879Peasant Revoltssparked by lutherism, revolted against feudalism
763771880Ulrich Zwingliagreed w/ luthers points, apart from the Eucharist (claimed christ was NOT present). He also set up a theocracy in switzerland
763771881Peace of Cappeleach swiss canton could determine their own religion *served as model for other European countries fighting religious wars
763771882John Calvinintroduced predestination believed in theocracy
763771883Luther's belief of women's rolewomen in charge of the household economy only career was marraige
763771884Act of SupremacyKing of England, not the Pope, was in charge of the church of england
763771885Elizabethan Settlementpriest could marry in the church of england, and kept the rich robes and gold crucifix
763771886Catholic reformationalso known as counter reformation
763771887Council of Trent1. Rejection of the belief that faith is the only thing needed for salvation 2. individuals needed the church, not the bible, for religious authority 3. condemnation of nepotism 4. mandatory seminary education of new clergy members 5. More religious art
763771888Sir Ignatius Loyolafounded Jesuits
763771889League of Schmalkaldenformed by protestant rulers to defend themselves against Charles V
763771890Peace of AugsburgDivision of Germany into Catholic and Lutheran areas
763771891Council of Troublescreated to make the Netherlands Catholic
763771892William of OrangeLed the dutch against the spanish and took back the netherlands (spanish kept belgium)
763771893tailledirect tax on land and property
763771894Concordat of BolognaFrancis I recognised catholic church supremacy in appointing bishops in France
763771895Valoisoriginal french lineage
763771896BourbonHuguenots
763771897GuiseCatholics
763771898St Bartholomew's Day MassacreMass slaying of Huguenots in Paris, on Saint Bartholomew's Day, 1572. Organized by Catherine de Medici.
763771899War of the Three HenrysThis was the last of the wars that occurred over the religious differences in France, between the Catholics (Henry III of France and Henry of Guise) and Protestants (Henry IV)
763771900Edicts of NantesReligious freedom of protestants in france
763771901Thirty Years WarA series of European wars that were partially a Catholic-Protestant religious conflict. It was primarily a batlte between France and their rivals the Hapsburg's, rulers of the Holy Roman Empire.
763771902Peace of Westphalia1. Peace of Augsburg renewed 2. German princes granted sovereignty 3. Papacy not allowed to participate in German religious affairs

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