Vocab Flashcards
Michele de Montaigne
inventor of the essay, successor to Petrarch & Erasmus, common theme of doubt & cynicism (people are motivated to help themselves more than to help others)
Cruius regio, eius religio.
He who rules, decides the religion.
Peace of Augsburg
Lutheranism is accepted as legit
consubstantiation
Luther’s belief that the substance of the bread and wine COEXISTS with the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist
transubstantiation
Catholic belief that the bread and wine’s substance CHANGES into the body and blood of Christ at consecration
Charles V
King Charles I of Spain, grandson of HRE Maximilian I of Austria & son of Philip of Hapsburg: 1519-56 controlled Spain/Austrian Hapsburg lands/Bohemia/Hungary/low countries/Naples, wanted to keep church & large empire united but lots of probs
policy that horrified Luther
“As soon as a coin in the coffer rings, a soul in Purgatory springs.” -Tetzel’s policy on indulgences in 1517
need-to-know work of Luther
“On the Freedom of a Christian Man” written in 1520 about holy men doing good works, not good works making holy men
“protestant work ethic”
gotta keep off the streets cuz “idle hands are the devil’s workshop” …believed by Calvinists/etc
probs for Charles V
- French: fought with King Francis I over surrounding territories (Hapsburg-Valois Wars)
- Papacy: scared of his power, joined French
- Ottomans: controlled Balkans of SE Euro, N African coast, Hungary, Austria, even Vienna until 1529
- Germany itself: loyalty to local gov/princes, not to him