Renaissance
This banking family had great influence in Florence.
Who were the Medicicis?
Also known as the Sun King, he was a prime example of an absolutist ruler.
Who was Louis XIV?
The branch of Christianity started by John Calvin. It is distinguished by it's emphasis on Predestination.
What is Calvinism?
This agreement said that German princes could choose Catholicism or Lutheranism for their state. The lack of Calvinism as an option will partially lead to the Thirty Years War.
What was the Peace of Augsburg?
This was an economic system in the New World that involved forced labor of Natives on large Spanish plantations.
What was the Encomienda System?
Scientists like Galileo and Johannes Kepler promoted this idea of how the solar system worked.
What is Heliocentrism?
The Bourbon Huguenot turned Catholic king of France who won the French Civil war (One of the French Wars of Religion). He is responsible for the Edict of Nantes. "Paris is worth a mass".
Who was Henri IV
This event was carried out in Spain, mainly during the 15th through 17th centuries, with the goal of removing Protestants, Muslims, and Jews.
What was the Spanish Inquisition?
This agreement ended the Thirty Years War. It added Calvinism to the list of acceptable religions in the Holy Roman Empire, and gave the Dutch independence.
What was the Peace of Westphalia?
This was the economic ideology that stated wealth was a pie, and you wanted as much as possible. You did this by holding massive amounts of gold and by increasing exports while decreasing imports.
What is Mercantilism?
This style of art is made to make you feel good about being Catholic.
What is Baroque Art?
A chief minister of Louis XIII, he eliminated the power of the Huguenots and supported divine right to rule. He was a father figure to Louis XIV.
Who was Cardinal Richelieu?
This group of Protestants do not believe in baptizing children.
Who are Anabaptists?
This country led the fight against the Hapsburgs during the final phase of the Thirty Years War.
What is France?
This movement involved Feudal Lords closing off land that was previously public.
What was the Enclosure Movement?
Writer of The Prince, a book about how rulers should rule (that being by doing whatever is necessary). "The ends justify the means".
Who was Niccolo Machiavelli?
Responsible for the French Merchant Marine, he had the goal of self-sufficiency for France. He reduces French internal tariffs and encourages the start of industrialization.
Who was Jean Baptise-Colbert?
This order, founded by Ignatius Loyola, was a Catholic group with the goal of converting Native Americans. Members of this group are called Jesuits.
What is the Society of Jesus?
The was the first phase of the Thirty Years War.
What was The Bohemian Phase?
This city was the capital of banking for many years. It was home to the first modern stock exchange.
What is Amsterdam?
He is known as the father of humanism. He wrote in the vernacular, and promoted literature for the common. He "laid the egg Martin Luther hatched".
Who was Erasmus?
An early French philosopher, he was a proponent of rationalism, the idea that your arguments should be founded on logic, not God. Dedicated life to making thinking easier. "I think, therefore I am."
Who was René Descartes?
This was a series of meetings with the goal of reforming the Catholic Church's teaching, or it's dogma.
What was the Council of Trent?
A great general, he led Sweden during much of the Thirty Years War, until his death in the Battle of Lützen.
Who was Gustavus Adolphus?
This was name for the economic "revolution" that occurred as a result of the high amounts of bullion being imported from the New World.
What was the Price Revolution?