Tithe
Church tax
Concordat of Worms
A compromise between the king and the Pope that started that the church alone could grant a bishop his ring and staff (church power) but his power could be vetoed by the king
lay investiture
A ceremony in which kings and nobles appointed church officials
Charlemagne's achievements
-reunites Frankish kingdoms
-reunites western Europe and spreads christianity
-travels to Rome to protect Pope Leo III from mobs which gets him crowned emperor after giving protection
Feudalism
A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land
Why did medieval peasants support the church?
they saw it as their way to heaven
interdiction
a prohibition; the act of forbidding
What did John Wycliffe do?
translated the Bible into English
What did Jan Hus do?
Condemned the power of the church and clergy, promoted free interpretation of the Bible, influenced Martin Luther
Niccolo Machiavelli
wrote The Prince
how did the renaissance change society
It encouraged a more secular outlook
Hugenots
French Protestants who followed the teachings of John Calvin
Ignatius of Loyola
Founded the Society of Jesus, resisted the spread of Protestantism, wrote Spiritual Exercises.
elect
In Calvinist doctrine, those who have been chosen by God for salvation.
what were the goals of the jesuits
Create schools throughout Europe, convert non-Christians to Catholicism, and stop the spread of Protestantism.
Three G's of Exploration
God, Glory, Gold
Prince Henry the Navigator
This was the Portuguese Prince that gave steadfast financial and moral support to the navigators
Bartolomeu Dias
Portuguese explorer who rounded the tip of Africa
Vasco da Gama
the first European to reach India by sea sailing around the tip of Africa.
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China
Treaty of Tordesillas
set the boundary established in 1493 to define Spanish and Portuguese possessions in the Americas.
Dutch East India Company
A company founded by the Dutch in the early 17th century to establish and direct trade throughout Asia. Richer and more powerful than England's company, they drove out the English and Established dominance over the region. It ended up going bankrupt and being bought out by the British
English East India Company
an early joint-stock company; were granted on English royal charter with the intention of favoring trade privileges in India.
Hernan Cortes
Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico
Tenochtitlan
Capital of the Aztec Empire
Mestizo
A person of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry.
Encomienda system
system in Spanish America that gave settlers the right to tax local Indians or to demand their labor in exchange for protecting them and teaching them skills.
Mercantilism
belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.
joint-stock company
a company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders.
Where did the Pilgrims settle?
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Where did the Puritans settle?
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Cardinal Richelieu
Chief minister of France who reduced the power of the nobles
Intendents
royal officials that were sent to the provines to execute the orders of the central government. They further strengthened the power of the King.
Thirty Years War
Protestant rebellion against the Holy Roman Empire ends with peace of westpahlia.1618-48) A series of European wars that were partially a Catholic-Protestant religious conflict. It was primarily a batlte between France and their rivals the Hapsburg's, rulers of the Holy Roman Empire.
Boyars
Russian nobility
james I
The first Stuart to be king of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1925 and king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625
Charles I of England
English King during the English Civil War is executed by Oliver Cromwell
Petition of Right
Document prepared by Parliament and signed by King Charles I of England in 1628; challenged the idea of the divine right of kings and declared that even the monarch was subject to the laws of the land
Restoration
the re-establishment of the British monarchy in 1660
Habeas Corpus
Constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment
Glorious Revolution
the overthrow of King James II of England
Scientific Revolution
The intellectual movement in Europe, initially associated with planetary motion and other aspects of physics, that by the seventeenth century had laid the groundwork for modern science.
Natural Law
God's or nature's law that defines right from wrong and is higher than human law
Enlightened Despot
Absolute ruler who used his or her power to bring about political and social change
Montesquieu
Gave us the branches of government
Baccaria
Capital punishment and torture should be outlawed
Voltaire
French philosopher and writer whose works epitomize the Age of Enlightenment, often attacking injustice and intolerance.
John Locke
Life, Liberty, and Property
Thomas Hobbes
believed that people are born selfish and need a strong central authority
State of Nature
a condition in which no governments or laws existed at all