Ap Euro Chapter 3 unit review

Reformation

Make changes in something in order to improve it

Modern devotion

A 15th century religious movement emphasizing individual religiousness, simplicity, and practical religion outside of formal churchly (Christian) structures and vows

Indulgence

A pardon or remission of punishment for sins, sold by the catholic church in the middle ages and reformation period

Benifice

A reward or benefit, particularly a land grant or a position, bestowed upon an individual in exchange for services rendered, often with the expectation of continued services

Martin Luther

A german theologian and friar ( member of religious order) who initiated the Protestant Reformation in the 16th Century

95 theses

A list of arguments written by Martin Luther in 1517 challenging the Catholic Church’s practice of selling indulgences ,which were pardons for sins.

Charles V

Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain who oversaw the Spanish Conquest

Frederick the Wise

Elector of Saxony and the man who protected Martin Luther from the Holy Roman Emperor and the Pope during the Protestant Reformation

Diet of Worms

A meeting of religious and political leaders in 1521 held in Worms, Germany where Martin Luther was summoned to defend his teachings

Canton

A swiss district that during the Reformation was allowed to decide its own religion

Anabaptist

A group of Christian denominations that practice adult baptism, believe in separation of church and state and emphasize following Jesus Christ and believing that all violence is unjustified in all contexts.

Antitrinitarian

the belief of rejecting the Christian doctrine of the Trinity ( they believe in one God ) [ God the father, God the son, and God the Holy spirit]

Predestination

The divine foreshadowing of all that will happen especially with regard to the salvation of some and not others

Calvinism

A group of Christian denominations that emphasizes God’s supreme power and grace and that salvation is a gift from god, not a human effort

Magdeburg

a city in Germany that experienced a devastating brutal event of over 20k deaths ( sack of Magdeburg ) during the Thirty Years War

Peace of Augsburg

A treaty that ended religious conflict in the Holy Roman Empire by allowing rulers to choose either Lutheranism or Catholicism as the official religion of their territories

William Tyndale

translated the Bible into English

Henry VIII

a man who had six marriages, broke off with the church to create the Church of England, and essentially started the English Reformation and established the Royal Navy

Anne Boleyn

One of Henry VIII’s wives, her death led to further separation from the Catholic Church and England

Act of Supremacy

a law that enabled the English monarch as the supreme head of the Church of England.

Six Articles

a set of laws that codified the beliefs and practices of the newly established Anglican Church

Act of Uniformity

Counter-Reformation

Jesuit

Council of Trent

Genevan Academy

Apprentice

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

William Shakespeare

Christopher Marlowe

Tragedy