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edict of nantes
A document of religious toleration issued by Henry IV which ended religious fighting Protestants and Catholics in France. This brought peace to France, but also Henry IV's assassination. It was cancelled by Louis XIV in 1685.
erasmus
Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe
cardinal richelieu
minister of King Louis XVIII, appointed by Marie de Medici , had the real power, wanted to curb power of nobility, 32 generalities, military provinces France was divided into
inquisition
a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals)
reformation
a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches
thirty years' war
Protestant rebellion against the Holy Roman Empire
anglican
Relating to the Church of England, run by Queen Elizabeth I.
individualism
the quality of being individual
michelangelo
Florentine sculptor and painter and architect
secularism
a doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations
indulgences
remission of the punishment for sin by the clergy in return for services or payments
king henry VIII
Founder of the church in England and ruled England from 1509-1547. He broke the Catholic church because he couldn't get a divorce
catholiccounter reformation
institued its own series of reforms that balanced real reform with a stident and conservative reactio to protestantism
humanism
the doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason
renaissance
the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world
society of jesus
a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionary work among the heathen
italian city states
Venice, Florence and Milan
leonardo da vinci
Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect
martin luther
German theologian who led the Reformation
predestination
idea that God determines man's salvation before birth
elizabeth I
Queen of England from 1558 to 1603
protestant
making a protest that a church , referring to Christian religions that grew out of the Reformation
shakespeare
English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
religious tolerance
willingness to let others practice their own beliefs
95 theses
lsit of things wrong with church
usury
the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest
holy roman
l, an empire consisting primarily of a loose confederation of German and Italian territories under the suzerainty of an emperor and existing from the 9th or 10th century to 1806
huguenots
protestant reformers persecuted for their break from the catholic church
printing press
a machine used for printing
john calvin
Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564)

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