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Ch 18 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Heretic | One who does not conform to establish doctrine |
| Armada | A fleet of warships |
| Inflation | A rapid increase in prices |
| National sovereignty | The independence of a state combined with the right and power of regulating itself without foreign interference |
| Divine Rights of Kings | The belief that the king gets his power from God and not from his subjects |
| Puritans | English Protestants who believed that the Church of England needed further reform and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship |
| Cavaliers | Supporters of King Charles I in the English Civil War |
| Natural Rights | Rights with which all humans are born, including the rights to life, liberty, and property |
| Absolutism | A political system in which a ruler holds total power |
| Boyar | A russian noble |
| Czar | Russian for Caesar; the title used by Russian Emperors |
| Mannerism | An artistic movement that emerged in Italy in the 1520s and 1530s; it marked the end of the Renaissance by breaking down the principles of balance, harmony, and moderation |
| Baroque | An artistic style of the seventeenth century characterized by complex forms, contrasting elements, |
| Louis XIV | Aka Louis the Great and the Sun King. Was a monarch of the house of Bourbon who reigned as King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715 |
| Charles I | A monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1625 until his execution in 1649 |
| Frederick the Great | King of Prussia from 1740 until 1786, the longest of any Hohenzollern King. |
| Peter the Great | Rules the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from 1682 until his death |
| Oliver Cromwell | English military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland |
| Thirty Years' War | 1618-1648 |
| Elizabeth I of England | Was queen of England and Ireland from 1558 until her death |
| Philip II of Spain | King of Spain, Portugal, Naples, Sicily, and jure uxoris King of England and Ireland. Also Duke of Milan. From 1555 he was lord of the 17 provinces of the Netherlands |
| Thomas Hobbes | An English philosopher who is considered one of the founders of modern political philosophy |
| John Locke | An English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism" |
| El Greco | Painter, Sculptor, and Architect of the Spainsh Renaissance |
| Shakespeare | English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the worlds pre-eminent dramatist |
| Miguel de Cervantes | Spanish writer who is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language |
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