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Ch 18
Term | Definition |
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Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre | fighting begun on Saint Bartholomew’s Day in 1572 between Catholics and Protestants, in which many Huguenots were killed |
Henry IV | Huguenot who converted to Catholicism in order to be accepted as king |
Edict of Nantes | proclamation by Henry IV that gave certain rights to French Huguenots but stressed that Catholicism was the official religion of France |
Louis XIII | French king who took the throne after Henry IV was assassinated; Cardinal Richelieu served as his adviser |
Cardinal Richelieu | prominent Catholic priest who became chief minister and adviser of King Louis XIII |
Louis XIV | French king who held absolute power, became known as “the Sun King” |
War of the spanish Succesion | costly war fought by Louis XIV over the successor to the Spanish throne |
Treaty of Utrecht | ended the War of the Spanish Succession; forced Louis XIV to give up territory and forbid France and Spain from being ruled by the same monarch |
Puritans | Protestant religious group that demanded reforms in the Church of England |
Charles I | son of James I, became king in 1625 |
Royalists | supporters of the king during the English Civil War |
Oliver Cromwell | commander of Parliament’s army in the Civil War, later Lord Protector |
Commonwelath | republican government based on the common good of all people |
Restoration | the return of the monarchy to England in 1660 |
Charles II | son of Charles I, became king of Great Britain when monarchy was restored |
Glorius Revolution | bloodless transfer of power from James II to William and Mary |
William and mary | James II’s Protestant daughter and son-in-law, who succeeded him |
Constitutional monarchy | A monarchy limited by law |
Huguenot | French Protestant |