Unit 2 Vocab from outlines Flashcards
Protestant Union
(evangelical union), group of German protestant states (most Calvinist) led by elector palatine (Calvinist)
Catholic league
made to counteract Protestant Union, by Duke Maximilian of southern state of Bavaria ( Protestant Union and Catholic league the major division in Germany)
defenestration of prague
kicked off thirty years war between protestant Union and Catholic League
gustavus adophus
King of Sweden, revolutionized battle strategies and weapons usage, “Father of modern Warfare”
Louis Xlll
Participated thirty years war, chief minister was cardinal Richileiu
Fronde+++
During Cardinal Mazarin’s rule, revolt of nobles bc ppl did not like more taxes to account for loss in thirty years war
War of Spanish Succession
power conflict - struggle for control over the Spanish throne
Peace of Utrecht
ended war of Spanish succession,
Hohenzollerns
ruling house of Brandenburg-Prussia
Junkers
land-owning nobility of Prussia and Eastern Germany
Frederick lll
Emperor of Germany and king of Prussia for short amount of time, laid the foundation for house of Habsburg
Great Northern War
Peter the great vs sweden, peter the great wins ofc
James l
Ship money
Charles l
Oliver cromwell
Levellers
restoration
Glorious Revolution
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
El Greco
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Rembrandt van Rign
Geocentric THeory
the earth is at the center of the solar system
Heliocentric Theory
The sun is at the center of the solar system
Ptolemy
Copernicus
Johannes kepler
Galileo galilei
isaac newton
margaret cavendish
maria sybilla merian
Maria winkelmann
english Royal Society
French Royal Academy of Sciences
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
P
philosophes
Montesquieu
R
rousseau
Wollstonecraft
Voltaire
Diderot