A.P. World 4.1 Terms Flashcards

284465732	Humanism	The doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason, a cultural movement of the Renaissance	0
284465733	Johannes Gutenburg	He invented the printing press around 1450 A.D.	1
284465734	Martin Luther	German theologian who led the Reformation, also wrote the 95 Thesis	2
284465735	Protestantism	The theological system of any of the churches of western Christendom that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation	3
284465736	Anglican Church	Form of Protestantism set up in England after 1534; established by Henry VIII with himself as head, at least in part to obtain a divorce from his first wife; became increasingly Protestant following Henry's death	4
284465737	Jean Calvin	French Protestant (16th century) who stressed doctrine of predestination; established center of his group at Swiss canton of Geneva; encouraged ideas of wider access to government, wider public education; Calvinism spread from Switzerland to northern Europe and North America	5
284465738	Catholic Reformation	Religious reform movement within the Latin Christian Church, begun in response to the Protestant Reformation. It clarified Catholic theology and reformed clerical training and discipline. (p. 447)	6
284465739	Jesuits	Also known as the Society of Jesus; founded by Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) as a teaching and missionary order to resist the spread of Protestantism.	7
284465740	Thirty 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.	8
284465741	Witchcraft Hysteria	Reflected resentment against poor, uncertanties about religious truth; resulted in death of over 100,000 Europeans between 1590 and 1650; particularly common in Protestant areas	9
284465742	Absolute Monarchy	a system of government in which the head of state is a hereditary position and the king or queen has almost complete power	10
284465743	1517	Luther began the Protestant Reformation, posting the 95 Theses	11
284465744	1521	Diet of Worms (Ick!)	12
284465745	1545	Council of Trent	13
284465746	1555	Peace of Augsburg ends religious war in Germany; Charles V abdicates	14
284465747	1598	Edict of Nantes ends French religious wars	15
284465748	1648	Peace of Westphalia ends Thirty Years' War	16