Rennaissance (religious wars) Flashcards
What is simony?
The buying and selling of church offices
What is nepotism?
The appointing of family and friends to church offices
Who helped Luther hide after the Diet of Worms?
Prince Fredrick III
What were the French Protestants known as
Huguenots
In the early French civil wars, what queen was known for her opposition to Protestants? (Mother of Charles IX)
Catherine de Medici
What was the massacre called led by the Bourbon family called in the French civil war?
Massacre of Vassy
Was Henry of Navarre originally Protestant or Catholic? Who was he married to?
Protestant, Henry IXs sister
Who organized the St Bartholomews Day Massacre?
Catherine de Medici
What was the war of three Henry’s?
The competition between three nobles, Henry III (Catholic), Henry of Navarre (Huguenot), and Henry of Guise (Catholic) to be king
What law established France to be Catholic but allowed Huguenots religious freedom
Edict of Nantes
Who created the Edict of Nantes?
King Henry IV (Henry of Navarre)
Established that individual rules in the Holy Roman Empire could decide for themselves whether their people would be Lutheran or Catholic
Peace of Augsburg
What Calvinist challenged Ferdinand II about the peace of Augsburg, resulting in Lutheran churches being shut down and the defenestration of Prague
Fredrick I
What was the defenestration of Prague
When Protestants threw Ferdinand I’s officials out the window of a tower because of his opposition to Protestantism
-small localized war in Bohemia between the Protestant Union and the Catholic League
Bohemian phase (30 years war)
King of Denmark, who was Protestant; led attacks against the Catholics
Danish phase (thirty years war)
Marks the point at which the war was extended beyond the borders of the Holy Roman Empire and became a proper European war
Swedish phase (thirty years war)
Used this war as an excuse to fight with the Hapsburg in Spain in order to assure that they would not rebound from the Protestant defeats
French phase (thirty years war)
Ended the thirty years war and marked a turning point in European history as it effectively marked the end of all Europe’s religious wars
Peace of Westphalia
Peace treaty between England and France ended the war inherited by Elizabeth
Treaty of Cateau Cambresis
Father of a Phillip II
Charles V
Protestant prince who invaded England in 1688, known as the Glorius Revolution
William of Orange
Who was Duke of Parma?
Alexander Farnese
