Rennaissance (religious wars) Flashcards
What is simony?
The buying and selling of church offices
What is nepotism?
The appointing of family and friends to church offices
Who helped Luther hide after the Diet of Worms?
Prince Fredrick III
What were the French Protestants known as
Huguenots
In the early French civil wars, what queen was known for her opposition to Protestants? (Mother of Charles IX)
Catherine de Medici
What was the massacre called led by the Bourbon family called in the French civil war?
Massacre of Vassy
Was Henry of Navarre originally Protestant or Catholic? Who was he married to?
Protestant, Henry IXs sister
Who organized the St Bartholomews Day Massacre?
Catherine de Medici
What was the war of three Henry’s?
The competition between three nobles, Henry III (Catholic), Henry of Navarre (Huguenot), and Henry of Guise (Catholic) to be king
What law established France to be Catholic but allowed Huguenots religious freedom
Edict of Nantes
Who created the Edict of Nantes?
King Henry IV (Henry of Navarre)
Established that individual rules in the Holy Roman Empire could decide for themselves whether their people would be Lutheran or Catholic
Peace of Augsburg
What Calvinist challenged Ferdinand II about the peace of Augsburg, resulting in Lutheran churches being shut down and the defenestration of Prague
Fredrick I
What was the defenestration of Prague
When Protestants threw Ferdinand I’s officials out the window of a tower because of his opposition to Protestantism
-small localized war in Bohemia between the Protestant Union and the Catholic League
Bohemian phase (30 years war)
