Economic terms
In this new form of commercial organization, individuals bought shares and received dividends while a board of directors made company decisions
Joint-Stock Company
They supported schools, brought out new editions of the classics, and prepared new editions of the Bible and writings of the church fathers, so that through education, they could bring about reform of the church and society
Christian Humanist
He conquered the Aztec empire for the Spanish
Hernan Cortez
Continents in the Triangular Trade
America, Europe and Africa
In 1598 this agreement recognized Catholicism as the official religion of France but guaranteed Huguenots the right to worship in selected places
The Peace of Augsburg
The name of the Atlantic economy that exchanged goods between the western coast of Europe, the slave depots on the African coast, and the ports of North and South America
Triangular Trade
The new classical learning that was part of Italian Renaissance humanism and spread to northern Europe during the second half of the XV century
Northern Renaissance Humanism
His red caps would read "Make Europe Catholic Again"
Philip II
Place where De las Casas and Sepúlveda's debate took place
Valladolid, Spain
In 1494 this agreement divided the New World between Spain and Portugal
Treaty of Tordesillas
Economic theory that held that a nation’s prosperity depended on its supply of gold and silver, that the total volume of trade is unchangeable, and that state intervention in the economy was needed for the national good
Mercantilism
Public figures who placed politics before religion and believed that no religious truth was worth the ravages of civil war
Politiques
He wrote the " Institutes of the Christian Religion"
John Calvin
Meeting convened by Emperor Charles V which made Martin Luther an outlaw in 1521
Diet of Worms/Edict of Worms
In 1598 this agreement recognized Catholicism as the official religion of France but guaranteed Huguenots the right to worship in selected places
Edict of Nantes
The reciprocal (give-and-take) importation and exportation of plants and animals between Europe and the Americas
Columbian Exchange
English protestants inspired by Calvinist theology who wished to remove all traces of Catholicism from the Church of England
Puritans
He championed the American Indians before the royal court in Spain and managed to get the "encomienda" system abolished at least on paper.
Bartolomé de las Casas
The name of the self-governing states or cantons which were theoretically still part of the Holy Roman Empire
Swiss Confederation
In 1559 this new religious legislation changed the title of the monarch from “supreme head” to “supreme governor” in order to appease both Catholics and Protestants
Act of Supremacy (Second one by Elizabeth)
An upward surge in the price of wheat is an example of this major economic problem in the XVI and early XVII centuries in Europe
Price Revolution
New religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola that required absolute obedience to the pope
Jesuits
De las Casas opponent
Sepúlveda
Between 1545 and 1563, these meetings reaffirmed traditional Catholic teachings in opposition to Protestant beliefs
Council of Trent
Defensive alliance formed by eight princes and eleven imperial cities in Germany to protect their Lutheran faith from their Catholic Emperor
Schmalkaldic League