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French calvinists
Huguenots
The second deadliest european religion war behind the 30 years war
French wars of reliogion
st bartholomew’s day massacre`
reignited the french wars of religion
The edict of nantes
granted french huguenots religious tolerance ending the french wars of religion
…by placing order and security of the state above matters of faith
Henry IV brought the french wars of religion to an end
Phillip II of Spain
Deeply devout catholic, determined
to restore the catholic units in europe and lead the christian defense against the muslims
the netherlands
religious tolerance developed for pragmatic reasons
the central government lacked the power to enforce religious orthodoxy
make amsterdam the wealthiest city in europe for 200 years
leading money market, commodities market, and arms dealing market in the world
____________ __________ spanish soldiers sacked amsterdam killing 8,000 people and burning 1000 buildings in 11 days of horror
spanish fury
in response to the execution of the catholic monarch, Phillip II of spain
sent the famous spanish armadas to crush england
______________________ the most destructive and deadliest european religious war, resulting in 8 million casualties
the 30 years war
the peace of augsburg
the most important, it established that all princes enjoyed the right to determine the religion of the land and subjects, excluded calvinists
the bohemian revolt
the battle of white mountain 1620
__________ _________________ was a bohemian protestant/converted catholic duke of mecklenburg offered his services to emperor ferdinand II
Von wallensten
______________ ____________ in 1630 transforming what had been simply the emperors attempt to curb the protestant stats into full scale war in europe
sweden intervened
secularization
the state is officially neutral in matters of religion
Rene Descartes, french mathematician and philosopher he argued that all prior assumptions should be discarded in favor of one basic principle
I think therefore I am
Sir Issac Newton believed that by demonstrating that the physical universe followed rational principles prove
the existence of God
80% accused witches were
womenr
cardinal richelieu, king louis XIII chief minister. his chief foreign policy objective….in the 30 years war that engulfed europe
was to check the power of the austro-spanish habsburg dynasty and to ensure french dominance….
raison d’etat (reason for state)
the states interest above all else
the peace of westphalia 1648
was the first time a diplomatic congress was convened that brought all parties together to create and guarantee a treaty
france replaces spain as the power on the continent
placing the states interest above all other interests
economic balance of power shifted away from the mediterranean countries
english, dutch, and french colonies in the new world
between 1550-1600 the population of europe increased
introduction of new foods from the americas, crop rotation and animal husbandry