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The Reformation and Religious Wars

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Protestant Reformation   Religious revolution started by Luther, separated Catholics from Protestants permanently  
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Christian Humanism   Intellectual movement that took Italian Renaissance and humanist ideas and combined them with Christian thought  
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Erasmus   Christian humanist that sought to reform the Church by translating the Bible and pointing out corruption of the Catholic Church  
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Martin Luther   A monk who wanted to reform the church but ended up breaking from it, posted the 95 Theses in Wittenburg because of indulgences  
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Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor   Grandson of Maximilian who wanted to preserve his dynasty's control over the empire and Catholic unity in Europe  
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Anabaptists   Radical sect of Christianity whose followers believed that their religion should be voluntary and in separation of church and state  
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Henry VIII   English king who wanted a divorce with Catherine of Aragon and split with the Catholic Church to do so, one of the 'New Monarchs'  
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John Calvin   Second generation reformer that wished to completely reform the church from the ground up, sovereignty of God and predestination  
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Catholic Reformation   Revived bets features of Medieval Catholicism and adjusted them to modern times, in response to Protestant Reformation  
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Jesuit Order   Founded by Ignatius of Loyola, an educated order used by the Catholics to fight Protestantism and spread Catholicism  
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Council of Trent   Council of high church officials that reaffirmed Catholic doctrine when faced by Protestantism  
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French Wars of Religion   Civil wars in France between 1562-1598, Catholics against Huguenots  
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Elizabeth I   Daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, politique, cautious and careful in decisions on religion and foreign policy  
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Spanish Armada   Spanish Fleet sent to England because of English involvement in the Netherlands, defeated by the English  
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Sir Thomas More   Christian humanist and lord chancellor in England, executed by Henry VIII, author of "Utopia"  
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Indulgences   Pieces of paper once sold by the Catholic Church to guarantee people less time in Purgatory  
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Nepotism   Giving Catholic positions to family members  
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Simony   The selling of sacred objects  
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Pluralism   Holding more than one position in the church  
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Absenteeism   Not being present in your positions in the Church  
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Peace of Augsburg(1555)   Signed by Catholic Church and German princes, legitimized Lutheranism and "His Region, His Religion"  
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St, Teresa of Avila   Spainish nun who experienced mystical visions from God and those experiences led her to an active life in Catholicism  
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Ursulines   A missionary order of nuns  
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Roman Inquisition   Established to combat heresy and reassure Catholic doctrine  
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Index of Forbidden Books   A list of book banned by the Catholic Church, mostly Protestant books  
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Spanish Inquisition   The most active of the Inquisitions, purged Jews and Muslims out of Spain during the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella  
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Huguenots   French Calvinists, around 40-50% of nobility  
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Puritans   English Protestants who wished to remove all traces of Catholicism from the Church of England, different than Seperatists  
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Catherine de Medici   Queen of France and regent for her sons, looked for religious compromise in French wars of Religion, politique  
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St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre   August 24, several thousand Huguenots died when attending a wedding supposed to end the struggle  
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War of the Three Henrys   Struggle between Henry III, King of France, Henry Guise and Henry of Navarre. The King sided with Henry of Navarre, Protestant  
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Henry IV of France   Henry of Navarre, converted to Catholicism when gained the throne, officially ended wars  
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Edict of Nantes(1598)   Ended the French wars of Religion, granted Huguenots the rights to worship in France  
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Phillip II   King of Spain, strictly Catholic king and wanted to make Spain a dominate power, bad relations with Elizabeth I  
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Women as preachers   A Protestant idea that started during the Reformation, but did not fully develop then  
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