1500s 15 Terms

European Wars of Religion

A series of violent conflicts that took place in Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries, primarily between Catholics and Protestants

Sack of Magdeburg

The destruction of the Protestant city of Magdeburg by the Imperial Army and the forces of the Catholic League resulted in the deaths of around 20,000. Considered the worst massacre of the Thirty Years’ War.

Thirty Years’ War

A massive war in Europe inlying both royal dynasties and religions because of religious tensions between Catholics and Protestants within the Holy Roman Empire

Counter-Reformation

The Catholic Church responded to Luther by excommunicating him, and then undertook a long project of:

• Opposing the spread of Protestantism

• Enacting some of the reforms the Reformation called for

Council of Trent

Affirmed nearly all of the traditional Catholic doctrine but also called for better training of priests and reforms of more egregious corruption

Peace of Westphalia

Much of the large-scale fighting ended because of … at the end of the Thirty Years’ War