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48 Cards in this Set
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Erasmus |
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Reformation |
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Heliocentric |
-Theory by Nicholas Copernicus -Universe revolves around the sun rather than the earth -Church resisted the finding |
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Galen |
Scientific revolution of medicine |
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Humanists |
Critical thinking and evidence over doctrine and faith |
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Hugenots |
-French protestants -Hated by Catholics -abolished by edict of Fontainebleau |
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Thirty years war |
-War between protestant and Catholic states in holy Roman empire -ended by peace of Westphalia -one of most brutal wars in European history |
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Petition of right |
-English constitutional document -ban imprisonment without cause -use of martial law only during war time |
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Spanish Armada |
-Spanish fleet to invade England -overthrow queen Elizabeth 1 -Stop English interference in Spanish Netherlands. |
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Guise Family |
-Noble French Catholic family -great power during Francis 2 -major role in French politics |
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King Henry 4th |
-Edict of Nantes -"Paris is worth a mass" -Beginning of bourbon line |
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Gustavus Adolphus |
-"The lion of the north" -King of Sweden -killed at lutzen |
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Galileo Galilei |
-Principle of Inertia -Discovered Jupiter's moons -Forced to recant by inquisition |
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Nicholas Copernicus |
-Polish cleric -challenged Ptolemaic system -brought heliocentric model |
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King Phillip 2nd |
-Most Catholic king of Spain -success in battle of lepanto -Philip the prudent |
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Mary queen of Scott's |
-Executed by Elizabeth 1 -married Francis |
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Ferdinand |
-Member of hapsburg -King of bohemia -wanted Catholicism as only religion |
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William of Orange |
-Led Dutch revolt -assassinated in delft -Prince of Orange |
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Rene Descartes |
-championed role of doubt -proved God exists -separation of matter and spirit |
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Hobbes |
-Leviathan -support concept of strong monarchy -deductive reasoning |
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Duke of Alva |
-Spanish General -iron duke -commander in Italy |
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Hus |
-attack immortality and economic power of church |
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Restoration |
Restore things to how they were before Oliver Cromwell |
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Exclusion bill |
-ban James duke of York as king |
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Glorious revolution |
Overthrow of king James 2 |
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Martin Luther |
-Reacted to jubilee indulgence sale -excommunicated -lutheranism emerges |
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Calvanism |
-Major branch of Protestantism -practice of John Calvin -reformed Christianity |
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Ptolomy |
-Earth center of universe -Orbits were perfect circles -Lead to Copernicus offering |
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Aristotle |
-Physics |
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Lepanto |
-battle between ottoman empire and holy league -Holy league victory |
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Defenestration |
Throwing someone out the window |
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Peace of Westphalia |
-Spain diminished -United provinces -emergence of modern state system |
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Charles 1 |
-son of James 1 -petition of right -dissolved parliament |
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James 1 |
-start of Stuart line -gunpowder plot -inherits debt from the patronage |
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St Bartholomew day massacre |
-massacre of hugenots -instigated by Catherine demedici -crippled huguenot political movement |
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Valois |
-French royal family -non ultra Catholic -followed by house of bourbon |
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Wallenstein |
-developed imperial army -Fought Aldolphus at Lutzen -Assassinated |
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Lutzen |
-Wallenstein v. Adolphus -Swedes win -Adolphus killed |
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Kepler |
-heliocentric model still resulted in problems. -Keplers laws -scientific equation |
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Edict of nantes |
Toleration of huguenots |
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Elizabeth 1 |
-protestant control of England -execution of Mary -government role of patronage |
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Gunpowder plot |
-James 1 assassination attempt by Catholics |
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Maurice of Nassau |
-son of William of Orange -council of troubles -protestant |
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Blaise Pascal |
-Wunderkind -barometric pressure -calculating machine |
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John Locke |
-Reacted to Hobbes -monarch cannot violate inalienable rights -Whig philosophy |
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Battle of brill |
-Organised rebellion led by William of Orange -7 provinces declare United provinces |
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Charles 2 |
-son of Charles 1 -Restoration -powers limited |
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James 2 |
-ignores test act -pulls a strom Thurmond -declaration of indulgences |
