Wars (1-5) Flashcards
Elizabethan Settlement
Makes England protestant, but looks Catholic.
St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
Henry of Guisse tries to kill Caligney because he blames Caligney for his father’s death. First time - fails, so Guisse gets permission from Catherine to kill all Calvinists. 3,000 in one day and 70,000 at the end.
Edict of Nantes
Catholic Spanish going to attack England, they fail after England is ready for Spain’s attack, loop around the island and weather wrecks the fleet. Beginning of the downfall of Spain.
The Defenestration of Prague
Starts the 30 years war, when 3 agents of the Hapsburgs try to turn the Bohemians back to catholicism, Bohemians want to be Calvinist, they throw them out the window into a pile of dung/manure/feces.
Battle of White Mountain
First battle of the thirty years War.