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Exam 2 Flashcards

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War of Roses

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House of Lancaster vs House of York for throne

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House of Lancaster

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Red Rose

Winning house in War of Roses

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House of York

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White Rose

Losing house of War of Roses

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Richard III

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Uncle who murdered nephews (Edward V and Richard Duke of York)

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Henry VII

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Henry Tudor
Lancaster
Winner of War of Roses

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Battle of Bosworth Field

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1485
Lancaster beats York
Henry VII is crowned King

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Tudor Dynasty

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Pink Rose
Begun by Henry Tudor
Henry VII and Elizabeth of York

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Court of the Star Chamber

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Jury Free

Allowed torture to be used for extracting confessions

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Henry VIII

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Six Wives

Youngest Tudor Son

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Catherine of Aragon

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Daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain
Widow to Prince Arthur
First wife of Henry VIII

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Anne Boleyn

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Second Wife
Mother to Elizabeth
Beheaded for adultery

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Act of Supremecy

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The King of England was the head of the Church of England

Created the Anglican Church

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Thomas Cromwell

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Henry VIII’s principal secretary
Worked out details of Tudor gov’s new role in church affairs
Idea for dissolution of monasteries

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Jane Seymour

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Third Wife
Mother to Edward VI
Died after childbirth

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Anne of Cleves

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Fourth Wife

Divorced

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Catherine Howard

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Fifth wife
Teenager
Beheaded for adultery

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Catherine Parr

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Sixth wife

Widow to Henry VIII

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Edward VI

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Son to Henry VIII and Jane Seymour
King after Henry died
England became Protestant
Book of Common Prayer

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Book of Common Prayer

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Prayer book

Liturgical guide

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Mary

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Queen 
Daughter of Catherine of Aragon
Catholic
Had people burned at stake for their religious beliefs
Married Phillip II of Spain
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Philip II

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Husband of Mary

Son of Charles V of Spain

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John Calvin

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Protestant reformer, went further and impacted more

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23
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Institutes of the Christian Religion

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John Calvin

A how to of religion

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24
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Predestination

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God predestined those who go to heaven and hell

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25
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Geneva

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Town cleaned up by Calvin

No tolerance

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Consistory

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Created by Calvin

Oversee moral discipline

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27
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John Knox

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Calvinist Reformer of Scotland

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28
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Philip Melachthon

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Luther’s Co-worker

Shared Luther’s ideas

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Praecepeter Germaniae

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Melacthon’s nickname

Teacher of Germany

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Huguenots

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French Calvinists

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House of Bourbon

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House second in line to throne of France
Behind Valois
Ruled Nevarre

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House of Valois

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Next in line for French Throne

33
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Henri II

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Died in jousting match

Married to Catherine de Medici

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Catherine de Medici

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Wife of Henri II

Overbearing mother

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Ultra-Catholics

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Extreme Catholic Party

36
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Guise family

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Leaders of the Ultra-catholics

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Politiques

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Figures who placed politics before religion

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Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

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Marriage of Valois princess and Henri of Navarre

1000s Huguenots murdered

39
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Charles IX

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10 yo son of Henri II

Died

40
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Henri IV

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Henri of Nevarre

Leader of Huguenots

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Henry, Duke of Guise

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Leader of Catholic Faction

42
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War of 3 Henries

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Henri III v Henri of Nevarre v Henri Duke of Guise
Winner: Henri of Nevarre
Crowned Henri IV

43
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Edict of Nantes

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Catholicism was the official religion of France
Guaranteed Huguenots the right to worship
Tolerance

44
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Revolt of the Netherlands

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Anger over use of taxes
Political freedom
Religious Freedom

45
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Council of Trouble

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A tribunal that inaugurated a reign of terror in which even powerful aristocrats were executed

46
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William of Nassau

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William the Silent
The Prince of Orange
Mounted resistance

47
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Sea Beggars

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Dutch pirates

48
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Dutch Republic

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United provinces of the netherlands

49
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Catholic Reformation

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Counter reformation
Revival of Catholicism
Aimed to stop spread of protestantism

50
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Saint Teresa of Avila

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Carmelite nun

Mystical visions

51
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Capuchins

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Saint Francis followers who returned to poverty

52
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Ursuline

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New order of nuns

53
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Jesuits

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Founded by Ignatius of Loyola

Chief instrument of Catholic Reformation

54
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Ignatius of Loyola

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Founder of Jesuits

Former soldier

55
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The spiritual exercises

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Written by Ignatius of Loyola

Training manual for spiritual development

56
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Francis Xavier

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Original member of Jesuits

Carried Catholic christianity to east

57
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Matteo Ricci

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Italian

Chinese mission work

58
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Pope Paul III

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Continued renaissance papal exercises
Appointed nephews as cardinal and bishops
Perceived need for change and expressed it

59
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Council of Trent

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Council to resolve religious differences created by protestant revolt

60
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Pope Paul IV

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Increased power of inquisition

First true pope of Catholic reformation

61
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Index of Forbidden Books

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List of books catholics were not allowed to read

62
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Travels of John Mandeville

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Book about realms with precious stones and gold

63
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Prester John

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Christian kingdom in Africa where riches were found

64
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Marco Polo

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Journeyed to Mongol court

65
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Travels

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Written by Marco Polo

About journeys to Mongul court

66
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God gold and glory

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Objectives of sailors

67
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Portolani

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Charts made by navigators

68
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Ptolemy

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Astronomer of 2nd century

69
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Geography

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Work of Ptolemy contains world map

70
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Prince Henry the Navigator

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Motivated by great desire to save souls

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