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5570958300Martin Luther(1483-1546) attacks Roman Caltholic church practicies, 1517. Hated practice of indulgences.0
5570958301Ninety-Five ThesesWritten by Martin Luther. Attacked the church for many abuses and called for reform. ML posted this on the door of the church.1
5570958302Pope Leo XExcommunicated Martin Luther in 15202
5570958303Printing pressInvented by Johannesburg Gutenberg. Increased literacy and published works written in vernacular.3
5570958304VernacularPublic works written in this form became popular after the printing press was invented.4
5570958305King Henry VIII(r. 1509-1547) has conflict with pope over requested divorce. England forms its own church by 1560.5
5570958306John Calvin(1509-1564) attempts to reform Protestant teaching while in exile in Geneva. Imposes strict code of morality and discipline.6
5570958307Counter-ReformationRoman Catholic Church reacts to the Protestant Reform by making changes to Catholic doctrine and attempt to renew spiritual activity.7
5570958308Council of Trent(1545-1564) periodic meetings to discuss reform. Acknowledged that abuses had led people from the Church8
5570958309St. Ignacio's Loyola(1491-1556) Founded Society of Jesus (Jesuits)9
5570958310FemaleGender of Vast majority of victims of witch hunts10
5570958311Religious tensionCaused witch hunts11
5570958312HuguenotsFrench Protestants that were persecuted in religious wars between Protestants and Roman Catholics in France (1562-1598)12
5570958313Spanish ArmadaEnormous fleet of 131 ships that Phillip II of Spain uses to attack England to force return to Catholicism.13
5570958314Decline; emergence1588 Philip II of Spain attacks England to force return of Catholicism. England destroys Spanish ships by sending flaming unmanned ships into the fleet. This event makes the decline of the ____ power and the emergence of the ____ power on the world stage.14
5570958315Holy Roman Empire300 tiny countries in Germany. States have individual rulers; 1/2 are Catholic and 1/2 are Protestant.15
5570958316Emperor's territory in GermanyPrincipal battleground of the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)16
5570958317Treaty of WestphaliaTreaty that ends the Thirty Years War17
5570958318Charles V(r. 1519-1557) Emperor who attempts to revive Holy Roman Empire as a strong center of Europe.18
5570958319Fernando and IsabelFounded the Spanish Inquisition in 1478. The original task was to search for secret practitioners of Judaism or Islam, but later to search for Protestants. Imprisonment and executions followed capture. Intimidated nobles who might have considered Protestantism.19
5570958320Constitutional monarchyEngland's institution of popular representation.20
5570958321RepublicThe Netherlands' institution of popular representation.21
5570958322English Civil War1642-1649 Begins with opposition to royal taxes. King Charles I and Parliament's armies clash. King loses and is beheaded in 1649.22
5570958323Charles Iclashes with Parliament. Loses and is beheaded in 1649.23
5570958324Oliver CromwellThe Great Protector. Brutal rule.24
5570958325Glorious RevolutionResolution with bloodless coup. William and Mary take throne and shared governance between crown and parliament (constitutional monarchy)25
5570958326Divine rightTheory of kings gaining their authority from God.26
5570958327Cardinal RichelieuDesigned French absolutism under King Louis XIII (1624-1642). Destroyed castles of nobles and crushed aristocratic conspiracies. Built bureaucracy to bolster royal power base. Ruthlessly attacked Calvinists.27
5570958328VersaillesLocation of Louis XIV's magnificent palace. In 1670s, it becomes his court.28
5570958329Peter I"The Great" r. 1762-1796 worked to modernize Russia on Western European model. Developed modern Russian army, reformed Russian government bureaucracy.29
5570958330The GreatPeter I _____ _____ r. 1682-1735 demanded changes in fashion: beards forbidden. Built new capital at St. Petersburg.30
5570958331Catherine II"The Great" r. 1762-1797 Divided the Russian Romanov Dynasty into 50 administrative provinces. Huge military expansion.31
5570958332The greatCatherine II __ ___ r. 1762-1796 Led huge military expansion such as Partitions of Poland, 1772-1797. Social reforms at first, but end with Pugachev peasant rebellion (1773-1774)32
5570958333PotatoConsidered an aphrodisiac in 16th and 17th centuries. Replaces33
5570958334BreadPotato replaces this as a staple of diet.34
5570958335Supply and demandThis determined price in early capitalism.35
5570958336Putting outMedieval guilds were discarded in favor of this system.36
5570958337Putting outSystem where businessmen have raw materials like wool to houses in the country. Families spun yarn, wove it into cloth, cut and assembled pieces into garments. Workers were then paid for their devices when the businessman picked them up businessman sells for profit.37
5570958338Nuclear familyReplaces extended community families in capitalism38
5570958339Extended familiesWere replaced by nuclear families in capitalism.39
5570958340Adam Smith(1723-1790) wrote The Wealth of Nations. Argues that capitalism would ultimately improve society as a whole.40
5570958341The wealth of nationsAdam Smith wrote this arguing that capitalism would ultimately improve society as a whole.41
5570958342Claudius PtolemySecond-century Greek scholar of Alexandria believed that the universe was geocentric.42
5570958343GeocentricClaudia Ptolemy belief that motionless earth inside nine concentric spheres. Christians believed the last sphere was heaven.43
5570958344Nicolaus CopernicusBreaks geocentric theory. Believed the universe was not static, but instead in motion. Proposed heliocentric theory.44
5570958345HeliocentricTheory by Nicolaus Copernicus of Poland who proposed that the sun was the center of the universe. Notion of earth moving challenged Christian doctrine.45
5570958346Johannes KeplerGermany 1571-1630 Showed that planets move in an elliptical orbit, not circular. Reinforced heliocentric theory.46
5570958347Galileo GalileoItaly 1564-1642 showed that the universe was bigger, imperfect, and constantly changing. Reinforced heliocentric theory.47
5570958348Isaac NewtonEngland 1642-1727 revolutionized study of physics. Learns how planets move (gravity) explains the movement of the ocean tides. Rigorous challenge to church doctrine.48
5570958349William Harvey1578-1657 "scientifically" proves innate female inferiority. Explained the circulation of human blood. Believed men were most important concerning reproduction. Women were seen as a vessel to bear children.49
5570958350Émilie du Châtelet(1701-1749) French mathematician and physicist. Translated Newton's Principia Mathematica. (Explained his complex work and converted his formulas to calculus)50
5570958351Peace of Westphalia(1648) European states to be recognized as sovereign and equal after the Thirty Years' War.51

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