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WH chap 4 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |