quiz 4 Flashcards
reformation
the period in europe when there was a split w/ the roman catholic church and a new religion formed
protestant religion
a christian religion that prays to Jesus but not the pope or roman catholic church
martin luther
started the protestant reformation in the 1500s
martin luther’s reason to split w/ catholic church
thought that catholic churched were corrupt by taking money from people who confessed their sins
martin luther’s belief and the rise of the individualism
a Christian just needed to read the bible and pray to be saved. This gave power to the individuals
conviction
as in “a sense of conviction” a strong belief
haebus corpus(exact meaning)
“you must have the body”
heabus corpus
law stating that the accused must be brought before judge to be judged guilty or not
magna carta
large paper given to king john in 1215 by nobles demanding the king share of his power with them
due process
a guarantee that the law works in known orderly ways for the protection of citizens’ rights such as a fair trial
parliament
england’s law makes or legislature
divine right
a belief that the kings or queens have the word of god that tell what decision to make
glorious revolution
in 1688 when england allowed william and mary to take over the throne and create rights for the citizens called the english bill of rights and changed to a constitutional monarchy