Chapter 11 AP Euro
Peace of Augsburg
1555 settlement in the Holy Roman Empire during the Reformation in which each prince was to choose the religion for their land, between Protestantism and Roman Catholic
Act of Uniformity
1558 passed saying all people had to go to the English Church once a week or be fined 12 pence which was a lot for the poor
Diet of Worms
A meeting held at which Martin Luther refused the Holy Roman Empire with a notable speech
Apprentice
A personal legally bound through indenture to a master craftsmen in order to learn a trade
Tragedy
A play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character
Modern Devotion
A religious movement in Northern Europe of the Brothers of the Common Life, a kind of boarding school for reform minded laity
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
A spanish writer who is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the language. Exiled from Castile, released from captivity on ransom payment by the trinitarians and his parents
Martin Luther
German founder of Lutheranism, opposed Ulrich Zwingli
Reformation
The sixteenth-century religious movement that sought to reform the Roman Catholic Church and led to the establishment of Protestantism
Counter Reformation
The sixteenth century reform movement in the Roman Catholic Church in reaction to the Protestant Reformation
Henry VIII
King of England; founder of English Church and Act of Supremacy, had 6 different wives
Benifice
Church offices granted by the ruler of a state or the Pope to an individual. It also meant fiet in the Middle Ages
William Shakespeare
English greatest writer; England's national poet. Tragedian
William Tyndale
English scholar and leading figure in Protestant Reform before being executed. Well known for translating the bible into English
Anne Boleyn
Henry VIII's second wife who was executed after bearing a daughter
Charles V
Holy Roman Emperor, ruled Germany and the HRE and the Spanish empire at different times
Christopher Marlowe
Influenced William Shakespeare; writer and poet. Tragedian
Jesuit
Member of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order if religious men founded by Ignatius Loyola
Council of Trent
One of the Roman Catholic Church's most important ecumenical councils because of Protestant Reformation. The embodiment of the Counter Reformation
Six Articles
Passed in 1539 by Parliament; showed that Henry VIII was prepared to enforce the fundamental doctrines of the Church by heavy penalties
Anabaptist
Protestant rebels who insisted that only adult baptism conformed to scripture
Calvinism
Reformation based Protestant religion that believes in predestination
Indulgence
Remission of the temporal penalty of punishment in purgatory that remained after sins had been forgiven
Genevan Academy
School founded by the city of Geneva in 1559 at the urging of the city's religious leader, John Calvin, and it's religion, Calvinism
Canton
State; Switzerland referred to their states as these
Frederick the Wise
The Elector of Saxony from 1486 to his death, big supporter and defender of Martin Luther and Lutheranism
Act of Supremacy
The declaration by Parliament in 1534 that Henry VIII, not the Pope, was the head of the church in England
Predestination
The doctrine that God had foreordained all souls to salvation or damnation. It was especially associated with Calvinism
Antititrinitarian
The final group of persecuted radical protestants also destined for prominence in the modern world
Magdeburg
Well known for 1631 Sack of Magdeburg that strengthened Protestant resistance during the Thirty Year's War
Ninety Five Theses
Written by Martin Luther in 1517, disputed the power of indulgences. Hung on church door in Wittenburg.
