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WH chap 4 vocab
Term | Definition |
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absolute monarch | a ruler with unlimited power |
divine right | belief that a ruler authority comes from God |
Peace of Augsburg | an agreement between states that gave German prince the right to decide whether his state would be catholic of protestant |
Spanish Armada | a great fleet assembled by Spain in 1588 for an invasion of Englandd |
Saint Bartholomew Day Massacre | a massacre of Huguenots in Paris authorized by king Charles IX and his mother Catherine De medici |
Edict of nantes | a declaration of french king Henry IV in which he promised that protestants could live peacefully in France |
war of spanish succession | war fought over spanish throne |
treaty of utrecht | treaty that ended the war of spanish sucession |