Video Notes

Question 1

King Henry VIII

Answer 1

Needed a divorce from Catherine of Aragon
Takes a mistress Anne Boleyn, who finally provides him the
Marries her in secret, but needs a divorce and permission from Pope
Appoints new archbishop, who annuls the first marriage
The Pope excommunicates King Henry
He establishes the Anglican church
Made supreme ruler and becomes head of the church of England
Thomas More is beheaded for his refusal to attend the wedding
More is beheaded and Anne is beheaded eleven months later
The Pope makes Thomas More a saint

Question 2

John Calvin

Answer 2

Assumed task of imposing order in Geneva
Saw an ideal society; created local and civil government
Expected to live a pious life
Geneva is a model of reform; between noble and peasant
Calvin’s primary work called the Institutes
If Christians could be saved by faith alone, why do good works?
Reasoned that only some are saved and others are damned

Question 3

Spain

Answer 3

Classic writings preserved by scholars (in Muslim Spain)

The Mores – Spanish Muslims

Question 4

Ignatius Loyola

Answer 4

Injured by a cannon in Pamplona
Spent convalescence reading theology
Pledges to give life to religious study
Sets off for Holy Land and pauses in Barcelona
Leaves throne and knife at the shrine; gives away clothes and dresses in poverty
Loyola is strictly Catholic
Able to practice teaching children
Loyola is thrown into jail for preaching without being ordained

Question 5

The Jesuits

Answer 5

Loyola founded the Jesuits in 1540
Recruits zealous missionaries to revive the Catholic church during time of reformation
Began to establish Jesuit schools
Many forced to convert by the sword
Wars broke out in order to figure out which religion would win (Protestants vs. Jesuits)
Civilization was currently one ruler, one faith – still divided in 1650

Question 6

Constantinople/Moscow

Answer 6

Constantinople is destroyed in the 1400’s by the crusades

Moscow rises and is named the third and final Rome

Question 7

Age of Exploration

Answer 7

Spanish conquistadors arrive; brutal and hungry for power
Committed the most deaths in the name of Christianity
The Aztecs were defeated by Hernan Cortes, who is a devout Christian

Question 8

Dominicans

Answer 8

Began African slave trading