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93709472Elizabeth 1(1533-1603) Queen of England from 1558 to 1603; a skillful politician and diplomat, she reasserted Protestant supremacy in England.
93709473Mary Stuartqueen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567, as a Catholic she was forced to abdicate in favor of her son and fled to England where she was imprisoned by Elizabeth I; when Catholic supporters plotted to put her on the English throne she was tried and executed
93709474Sir Francis DrakeEnglish explorer/pirate who circumnavigated the globe from 1577 to 1580 and was sent by Queen Elizabeth I to raid Spanish ships/settlements for gold
93709475Sea DogsEnglish sea captains authorized to raid Spanish ships and towns
93709476Philip IIISpanish ruler who agreed to a truce with England in 1609 that recognized the independence of the United Provinces (the Netherlands).
93709477El EscorialThe palace of Philip II which reflected the emperors sold austerity. His private room in the massive complex was as simple as a monks cell.
93709478Siglo de OroGolden Age of Spanish culture, 1560-1650. Cervantes - Don Quixote, artists such as El Greco, Velazquex, Murillo. Philosphy of Jesuit Suarez. Intensely catholic period for Spain - church present in all things.
93709479"Sea Beggars"group of calvinists that rampaged through catholic churches in many parts on the Netherlands, smashed windows, burned books, destroyed altars, and ruined all the rich ornaments
93709480The Guises-A family that supported one side in the French Civil War -They led Catholics in Northern France. -Catherine de Medici supported them in the first phase. -They lost in the end.
93709481The Bourbonshoping to extend their power and gain land at hapsburg expense, supported the protestant cause
93709482HuguenotsFrench Protestants. The Edict of Nantes (1598) freed them from persecution in France, but when that was revoked in the late 1700s, hundreds of thousands of Huguenots fled to other countries, including America.
93709483Catherine de Midici1519--89, queen of Henry II of France; mother of Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III of France; regent of France (1560--74). She was largely responsible for the massacre of Protestants on Saint Bartholomew's Day (1572)
93709484St. Bartholomew Day Massacremassacre of protestans ordered by Catherine de midici
93709485Henry IV of NavarreA politique whose rise to power ended the French Civil Wars; converted to Catholicism to gain loyalty of Paris, but privately remained a Calvinist and issued Edict of Nantes
93709486Edict Of Nantes1598, decree promulgated at Nantes by King Henry IV to restore internal peace in France, which had been torn by the Wars of Religion; the edict defined the rights of the French Protestants
93709487Schmalkaldic LeagueAn alliance is created between Norther German Lutheran princes and the Fench King Henry II (a Catholic) to revive the war in 1552.
93709488Thirty Years War(1618-48) A 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.
93709489Protestant Union(1608) alliance of German Lutheran princes alarmed at religious and territorial spread of Calvinism and Catholicism. Catholic princes responded with the Catholic League (1609). The two armed camps erupted in the Thirty Years War (1618-1648). (p. 499)
93709490Catholic Leagueformed by the Guise; dominated the eastern half othe country for several years; 1584, allied with Spain's Philip II to attack hersey in France and deny the Bourbon Henry's legal right to inherit the throne
93709491BohemiaCzech (Bohemian) nobility was wiped out during the Bohemian phase of 30 Year's War, Ferdinand II redistributed Czech lands to aristocratic soldiers form all over Europe, serf conditions declined
93709492Defenestration of PragueThe hurling, by Protestants, of Catholic officials from a castle window in Prague, setting off the Thirty Years' War.
93709493United Provinces1576, while Philip's troops rioted in Antwerp, sixteen of the seventeen provinces in the Netherlands had united behind William; following year Philip offered a compromise to the Catholic nobles, and ten southern provinces returned to Spanish rule; remaining 7 provinces formed independent United Provinces; Calvinists formed resistence against the Spanish; Maurice of Nassau, son of William who led victories during the rebellion
93709494Albrecht Von WallenstienBohemian who promised to create a vast mercenary army. Emperor Ferdinand turned to him after Duke of Bavaria.
93709495Edict of Restitution(1629) Emperor declared all church territories that had been secularized since 1552 to be automatically restored to Catholic Church
93709496Gustavus Adolphusjoins Thirty Years' War in 1629, king of Sweden, Protestant leader, stands up for fellow Protestants, military genius, wins a lot for Protestant team; supported by Richelieu, who wants to end Hapsburg power; killed in 1632 at battle of Luetzen
93709497Cardinal Richelieuminister of King Louis XVIII, appointed by Marie de Medici , had the real power, wanted to curb power of nobility, 32 generalities, military provinces France was divided into
93709498mercinariesa professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army; not neccisarly loyal to the ruler goes to the man with biggest wallet
93709499peace of WestphaliaThis was the treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War that recognized the independent authority of over three hundred German principalities
93709500Malleus Maleficarumbook written by two monks and blessed by Pope Innocent VIII describing ways to torture 'witches' to confessions during the holy inquisition

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