early modern england 1500-1700 Flashcards
Renaissance
A time of cultural change across Europe in art,music etc. Means rebirth because artists and writers rediscovered ideas from ancient greek and roman civilizations
Reformation
Martin luther and his followers created a split in the catholic church. They criticised what they saw as corruption and power of priests, bishops and the pope. The process by which the christian church split into catholic and protestant church
catholicism
A branch of christianity with the pope as head of the church
Protestant
Christians who agreed with the catholic church’s interpretation of christianity.They argue that only by going back to the teachings of the bible could people find true faith
Denizen
certain rights allowed to migrants in their new country
Charter
Written permission from the monarch giving rights and privileges to certain groups
Sluices
channels for water which are controlled by gates
Royal prerogative
the right of the monarch to make decisions without reference to parliament
huguenots
The name of a minority group of protestants in france,which was a catholic country. After king louis VlX revoked the edict of nantes they became aggressively persecuted
Privateering
England’s sea power grew under the tudors,with a larger navy, and trading boats that were also used for attacking and robbing enemy ships. This was called privateering rather than piracy,because it had some official support from the monarchy as ‘revenge’
glorious revolution
took place 1698-89.Involved the overthrow of catholic King james ll and his replacement protestant william,duke of orange and his wife mary
Why was 16th century a time of huge change in europe
The renaissance,reformation and printing press all brought new ideas and culture to europe which hugely changed reasons for migration to england
Why did more people migrate to england in 17th century
Englands widening global connections due to their involvement in transatlantic slave trade and the rise of the empire meant more people began to migrate to britain
what event happened in 1440
printing press invented
What happened in 1517
martin luther published his 95 Thesis, sparking the reformation
