Religious Toleration and Uniformity in the Reformation Era

Flashcards covering key terms and concepts related to religious toleration and uniformity during the Reformation era.

Religious Uniformity

The mandate for a single religion to be practiced in a state, often enforced by monarchs during the Reformation.

Spanish Inquisition

An institution established by Ferdinand and Isabella to ensure converts to Catholicism did not revert to their former faiths.

Conversos

Jews who converted to Catholicism in Spain after the Reconquista.

Philip II

A staunch Catholic king of Spain known for persecuting Protestants and sending the Spanish Armada against England.

Act of Supremacy

A 1534 law declaring Henry VIII as the Supreme Head of the Church of England.

Elizabethan Religious Settlement

The compromise that reestablished the Church of England with some Catholic elements during Elizabeth I's reign.

Dutch Republic

An independent republic established after the Dutch Revolt, known for its religious toleration.

Huguenots

French Calvinists who were involved in the French Wars of Religion.

Edict of Nantes

A 1598 decree issued by Henry IV recognizing the rights of Huguenots to practice their religion in specific areas.

Peace of Augsburg

A 1555 agreement allowing local rulers in the Holy Roman Empire to choose between Catholicism and Lutheranism.

Letter of Majesty

A document granting religious toleration to Protestants in Bohemia issued by a Habsburg emperor.

Thirty Years’ War

A series of conflicts in the Holy Roman Empire (1618–1648) sparked by religious tensions between Catholics and Protestants.

Peace of Westphalia

The 1648 treaty that established freedom of private worship in the Holy Roman Empire and allowed Calvinism.