Chapter 13 Flashcards

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Protestant ideas were appealing because

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  • Christian humanists wanted to have less elaborate ceremonies, which was what Luther strived to create
  • encouraged literacy, so priests and monks wanted to join
  • townspeople who envied church’s wealth and hated that the clergy had to pay taxes joined
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radicals

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  • wanted religious believers to be separate from state
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3
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whichs states were radicals?

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switzerland, germany, netherlands

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who hated radicals, why?

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prot and catholic, both believed church was essential part of leadership

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5
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upper-class women were influenced by the closing of convents and monastaries because

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  • that was the only position they really had available that wasn’t being a nun
  • so marriage became the only occupation for them
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Argula von Grumbach

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  • German noblewoman who supported Protestant ideas in print, but said that if no one spoke up, she would
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7
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16th century women could not be in the

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clergy

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Habsburg dynasty

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illustrates effects of marriage, Frederick III and Eleonore of Portugal. Burgundy and Habsburg come together in power. 1452.

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Why were German rulers swayed by Protestantism?

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because of material considerations. Rejection of Roman Catholicism = legal confiscation of lands, monastaries, shrines. Many authorities became protestant to extend financial and political power to get independence from emperor.

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10
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The Holy Roman Empire in the 15th century was

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just a bunch of loose cantons

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11
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The first battleground:
Switzerland, part of 13 loose cantons
Cause:
- some cantons remained Catholic, others became Protestant. Zwingli died in this war
- Zwingli died
Solution:
- treaty to allow each canton to determine its own religion, policy of neutrality

Imperial Diet 1530
- Charles V wanted to defend Catholicism
Augsburg Confession
- statement of faith
Charles reaction
- refused to accept it, ordered Protestants to go back to Catholic church and give up property
peoples’ reactions: german cities allied iliarily to fight back, Charles V was too weak to do so
Charles V wanted
- unity, defended church and empire, strength against territorial rulers

Solution
Peace of Augsburg 1555
- Charles and German princes agree to recognize Lutheranism
- political territory to decide to be Catholic or Lutheran
- northern/central Germany = Lutheran, south= roman Catholic
- princes established state churches to pick

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12
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Denmark and the Reformation

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  • smoothly, King Christian III, Wittenberg University spread ideas quickly
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13
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Northern Norway and Iceland and the Reformation

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  • no
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14
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Henry VIII influence on monastic life

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  • ended English monastic life, properties went to upper classes, dissolution of monastaries, nationalized the church
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Thomas Cromwell influence

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  • chief minister, English Bible in every church
  • created economic balance, centralized king’s household, surplus funds went into a liquid fund
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16
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Ireland and the Reformation

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  • stayed loyal to the Catholic church at first, then approved English laws severing church from Rome
  • most remained Roman Catholic
  • Catholic clergy were national and religious leaders
17
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  • Mary Tudor brought back Catholicism in England briefly
  • got rid of Henry VIII’s Reformation legislation
  • she executed protestants,w hich alienated her subjects, protestants fled
  • mary dies
  • elizabeth, her half sister comes to rule. elizabeth chose the middle ground for catholics and puritans
  • ordered the church and gov would swear she would be able to make religious decisions
  • mary queen of scots comes into rule
  • scots was catholic, next in line to the English throne
    -> elizabeth imprisons mary
  • mary tried to assassinate elizabeth
  • elizabeth and philip ii were catholic couple
  • elizabeth and england executes mary
  • so hilip ii sends Spanish Armada from Lisbon to Flanders 1588, defeated by England
    effect: Spain had to rebuild navy, war dragged on for years, prevented Catholicism in England
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18
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Anglican church

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Church of England

19
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John Calvin

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  • believed God chose him for a reason
20
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Unique Calvinism traits

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  • believed in absolute sovereignty of God vs the weakness of humanity, humans are insiginificant
  • predestination
21
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Consistory

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  • group of laymen, pastors, charged w investigating, disciplining religious conduct
22
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Church under Calvinist beliefs

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  • any occupation would be a God-given calling, simpler but longer services, less art, more altars
23
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John Knox

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  • wanted to strcuture Scottish church based off of Calvin’s Geneva, so the Presbyterian Church followed Calvinist doctrine. EMphasis on preaching
24
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Czech majority and the Reformation

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  • ruled by Germans
  • adopted Jan Hus’ ideas
25
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Poland and the Reformation

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  • were opposed to Luther’s ideas, John Calvin appealed to the Polish– especially because it orginated in France, not Germany
26
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Hungarians

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  • Protestant, education
27
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where was the center for reform movements?

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  • papal court
28
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Pope Paul III

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  • supported education for clergy, end of simony, stricter clerical control.
  • Established the Holy Office
  • Council of Trent
29
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Roman Inquisition

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  • committe of six cardinals, judicial authority, power to arrest imprison, and execute heretics
30
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Holy office

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  • prohibited Christian humanist works
  • jurisdiction over Roman Inquisition
31
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Council of Trent

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  • validity to Scirptures and traditions, reaffirmed seven sacraments, disciplinary matters
  • marriage had to be public before a priest and witness to be valid, ended private marriages
32
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Jesuits

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  • Ignatius Loyola, strengthened Catholicism, encouraged religious discipline
  • did NOT want to reform church, wanted to help souls
33
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French Religious Wars (who, what, why, resolution) + bonus

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  • who: Huguenots vs Catholics
  • what: st. bartholomew’s day massacre, catholics attack huguenots in paris on the day of Henry Navarre’s marriage
  • why: religious beliefs
  • result: Henry Navarre became Henry IV, then issued the Edict of Nantes in favor of religious tolerance for Huguenots
  • Louis XIV revoked Edict of Nantes
34
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  • Netherlands became Calvinists
  • calvinism encouraged opposition
    • spain tried to suppress calvinist worship and raise taxes, rioting folowed soonafter, churches in antwerp were destroyed
  • who: 17 provinces vs spain
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35
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union of utrecht (issued because of religous division)

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  • 7 northern (protestant) provinces declaired independence from Spain. South remained Catholic. Philip didn’t like this, war continued. 1609 it was resolved.
36
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accusatorial to inquisitorial procedures in the witch trials

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accusatorial: accusers could be placed on trial if the charges they placed on the suspect were not proven
inquisitorial: legal authorities were brought in, did not always lead to witch hunts. believed in the power of the devil, but were different in that they were willing to question.

37
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when witch trials

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15th-18th (most in 16th-17th)