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Religious Division
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Martin Luther | First German monk. Opposed sale of indulgences. Wrote 95 theses and nailed to church door. Excommunicated from church, and begins new religion. |
| Holy Roman Emperor Charles V | Excommunicated Luther after writing 95 theses |
| John Calvin | Called pope Geneva. Believed in complete start-over of church. Believed in predestination. His religion became international. Thought of entire community as equal. |
| Huguenots | French Calvinists |
| Presbyterian | Scottish Calvinists (brought by John Knox) |
| Puritan | English Calvinists |
| Anabaptists | Radicals believed that people should be re-baptized based on their choice, priesthood of believers, and partial communism |
| Ulrich Zwingly | A version of Lutheranism that is dulled down |
| Anglican Church | Built by King Henry VIII. Did not have an issue with the church, but after pope denied his divorce from first wife, broke away |
| Act of Supremacy of 1534 | Made King Henry VIII the leader of the Church of Englands |
| Pope Paul III | Began Counter/Catholic reformation by examining Catholic doctrines and practices and focusing on education (doctrines, education, censorship, force) |
| Council of Trent | Meetings between priests that would train priests with specific doctrines, but set up specific divisions between Catholicism and Protestantism |
| Jesuit Order | Led by Ignatius Loyola and helped educate Catholics and bring them back into religion |
| Index of Forbidden Books | List of texts not able to be read by Catholics to help with Counter Reformation |
| Inquisition | A method of searching out for Catholic protestors (heretics), questioning them, and even torturing them |
| Peace of Augsburg | Ended 10 year civil war, and created both Catholic and Lutheran sections of Germany |
| Protestant countries | England (C.o.E), Scandinavia (Lutheran) |
| Catholic countries | Spain, Italy, Austria, Poland, Hungary, and France (except for Huguenots - Calvinist minority) |
| The Institutes of the Christian religion | Written by Calvin, it set out beliefs and doctrines of Calvin's beliefs |
| Edict of Nantes | Placed by Henry of Navarre (King Henry IV - Calvinist) to help popularize himself - let Calvinists free to worship, hold office, and fortify their towns) |
| Justification by faith | Luther's belief that your belief alone in God would help Christians |
| King Phillip II | Wanted to reestablish Catholicism (so married Mary I). Furious both because Elizabeth killed Mary Queen of Scots and rebellion in Netherlands was strengthened by English |
| Spanish Armada | King Phillip's army sent to invade England, failed, and established England as a major world power while declining Spanish power |
| Elizabeth I (Good Queen Bess, Virgin Queen) | During her time, Britain grew in power, arts, and economy. Daughter of Anne Boleyn. |
| Elizabeth's struggles | Catholics thought she was Protestant, Calvinists opposed her being too much like Henry (not Protestant enough), Scots hated halfway measures, and England in debt |
| Legacy of reformation | Separation of relgion. Higher literacy. Modernized world. Increase in religious conflicts and civil wars. Protestants were individually responsible on what to do to reach heaven. |