Founded by Ignatius Loyola, this group preached to bring Protestants back to the Catholic faith.
Who were the Jesuits?
This fleet of ships tried to invade England but failed.
What was the Spanish Armada?
This proclamation declared Catholicism the official religion of France.
What is the Edict of Nantes?
This most violent religious war of the Reformation period started in what was then Bohemia and spread across central Europe.
What is the Thirty Years War?
This ended 1500 years of Catholic Church dominance over European religion and government.
What is the Reformation?
This man gained fame for criticizing certain Catholic beliefs, like praying to saints, and his English translation of the Christian Bible. He was executed for it.
Who was William Tyndale?
These Protestants wanted to "purify," or cleanse the Anglican Church of its Catholic ways.
Who were the Puritans?
This country was officially Catholic but fought against other Catholic countries for territory and wealth and was stronger by the end of the war.
What is France?
If you believe God has already decided your fate before birth, then you believe in what?
What is predestination?
This guy had six wives, two of which he had beheaded for cheating and treason.
Who was King Henry VIII?
These loyal Catholics wanted to restore the simple faith of the early Church.
Who were Christian humanists?
This religious court was set up to find and punish those guilty of heresy under the rule of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.
What was the Spanish Inquisition?
A special school for training and educating priests.
What is a seminary?
This mom ruled France for her 10 year old son and created a ruckus when she allowed CAtholic nobles to kill the leading Huguenots in Paris in 1572.
Who was Catherin de'Medici?
This Huguenot prince converted to Catholicism because he felt being the king of France was more important than being Protestant.
Who was Henry of Navarre?
These sisters had the same father but different mothers. One tried to reinstate Catholicism in England while the other restored the Anglican Church.
Who was Bloody Mary and Elizabeth I?