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"Maid of Orléans"

Joan of Arc

100

first to translate the Bible into English

John Wycliffe

100
another name for the Norman Conquest

Battle of Hastings

100

In what year did the Netherlands gain their independence from Spain?

1581

100

Who led the way in the great age of exploration?

Portugal

100

English king with a love of crusades

Richard I

100
What did Martin Luther nail to the church in Wittenberg?

Ninety-five Theses

200

"lady king"

Margrete of Denmark

200

published the first New Testament in Greek

Desiderius Erasmus

200

When was the Battle of Hastings?

1066

200
When did the "Eleven Years' Tyranny" begin?

1629

200

Who ruled as Holy Roman Emperors for about 300 years?

the Hapsburg family

200

first great king of England

Alfred the Great

200

Where was Martin Luther declared a heretic by Charles V?

Edict of Worms

300

reformer in Geneva, Switzerland

John Calvin

300

reformer in Bohemia

John Huss

300

What was mainly a civil war in Germany and the Holy Roman Empire over politics and religion?

Thirty Years War

300

The Peace of Westphalia was signed in what year?

1648

300

"the end justifies the means"

the Jesuits

300
What did Cromwell set up after he dissolved Parliament in 1653?

Protectorate

300
What became an important part of the English constitution?

the Magna Carta

400

led the Scottish Reformation

John Knox

400

traveled through Germany selling indulgences

Tetzel

400
What battle ended the War of the Roses?

Battle of Bosworth Field

400

In what year did the Protestant Reformation begin?

1517

400

founded hundreds of school and universities

the Moors

400

Who called the first meeting of Parliament in 1265?

Simon de Montfort

400

What type of churches were formed from the territorial churches?

cold, formal churches with no freedoms

500

reformer in Zurich

Ulrich Zwingli

500

began the Plantagenet line of kings

Henry II

500

When did scholars begin studying more classic books and languages?

the Northern Renaissance

500

When was the Spanish Armada defeated?

1588

500

Who fought to support the principle of divine right?

the Cavaliers

500
What was the pope's response the the Protestant Reformation?

Counter-Reformation

500

What began when Henry VIII made the decision to break from Rome?

English Reformation

600

wrote the Book of Martyrs

John Foxe

600

his coronation marked the birth of France

Hugh Capet

600

What was significant about England defeating the Spanish Armada?

England secured their independence from Spain.

600

In what year was the Magna Carta signed?

1215

600

earliest known inhabitants of the British Isles

the Celts

600

Who invented the movable type printing press in 1440?

Johann Gutenberg

600

What was Luther's response to the Twelve Articles?

Christianity must not be thought of as a revolutionary political movement.

700

most hated monarch of England

King John

700

"Bloody Mary"

Mary I

700

What did the Magna Carta clearly define?

the ancient rights and privileges of the people

700

The Peace of Augsburg agreement was in what year?

1555

700

What was established to investigate matters of alleged heresy?

the Inquisition

700

What country did the Peace of Augsburg give approval for territorial churches to?

Germany

700

What nation was modern-day France formed from?

Gaul

800

attacked and raided Spanish ships for England

Sir Francis Drake

800

began his career during the Elizabethan Age

William Shakespeare

800

In which war did England lose all its land in France, except Calais?

Hundred Years' War

800

When was the Glorious Revolution?

1688

800
known for a continuous policy of national neutrality

Switzerland

800

What made representative government a regular feature of the English government?

Model Parliament

800

When was the King James Version finished?

1611

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