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history (19 cards)
Philip II
known as the most catholic king and supported militiant Catholicism
Huguenots
french protestants influenced by John Calvin
Henry IV
converted to Catholicism and ended fighting in france a
edict of nantes
recognized catholicism as the official religion of france
puritans
protestants in england inspired by calvinist ideas
cavaliers
or royalists supporters of king charles I in the english civil war
roundheads
supporters of parliment in the english civil war
oliver cromwell
military genius destroyed king and parliament
james II
open and devout catholic, named them high positions in the government
william of orange
dutch leader, king by the grace of parliament not by god
louis XIV
considered himself the “sun king”
Cardinal Richelieu
strengthened the monarch’s power
peter the great
became czar, absolutist monarch, determined to westernize russia
frederick william the great elector
laid the foundation for Prussia
peace of westphalia
searies of peace treaties signed
baroque
artistic style that elongated paintings and the tecnique heightened emotions
mannerism
an artistic movement that marked the end of the art renissance
william shakespear
universal genius showed a remarkable understanding of the human conditon
elizabeth I
ruled i the elizabethean period during the golden age of literature