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286113475HuguenotsFrench Protestants0
286113478Edict of NantesDoc. that granted freedom of worship to Protestants in France1
286113480Thirty Years WarCatholic/Protestant conflict- began in Holy Roman Empire; eventually engulfed all of Europe.2
286113482Peace of WestphaliaEnded Thirty years War,allowed sovereigns to control religious affairs.3
286113485Catholic Counter ReformationCatholic attempt to stop spread of Protestantism and correct abuses & corruption4
286113487Council of TrentCatholics clarified and reafirmed their unique doctrines at this series of meetings5
286113490JesuitsFounded by Ignatius Loyola, dedicated to missionary works as part of the Catholic Counter Refomation6
286113493Martin LutherMade 95 Theses & nailed themn to his church door in Germany7
286113495ReformationEnded Christian unity in Western Europe; started Protestantism8
286113497King Henry VIIIEnglish King, founded Anglican Church9
286113499CalvinFrench Protestant & Theologian, offered works on predestination10
286113501PredestinationBelief in some sects of Christianity that God knows the FINAL DESTINATION of your soul prior to birth11
286113502LockeEnlightenment philosopher who belived in natural rights of man, social contract theory, & advocated constitutional governments12
286113503VoltaireEnlightenment philosopher, focused on religious freedom and tolerance13
286113504RousseauEnlightenment philosopher, argued that civilization leads to greed and envy, & thought people should be educated in self-reliance14
286113505DarwinBiologist, wrote Origin of hte Species, described evolution through natural selection15
286113506MarxViewed human history as a series of social class struggles and predicted the rise of socialist systems16
286113507FreudApplied scientific techniques to the operation of the human mind & emotion, argued that at the core of each person are primal impulses barely checked by social consiousness17
286113508Scientific RevolutionPeriod of imperical advances that resulted in the change in traditional beliefs held in the middle ages.18
286113509EnlightenmentApplication of human reason & skepticism to human affairs.19

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