Ap world vocab #8

Indulgences

Selling of forgiveness by the Catholic Church. It was common practice when the church needed to raise money. The practice lead to the Reformation.

Martin Luther

A German Monk who became one of the most famous critics of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1517, he wrote 95 theses, or statements of belief attacking the church practices.

95 Theses

It was nailed to a church door in Wittenberg, Germany in 1517 and is widely seen as being the catalyst that started the Protestant Reformation. It contained Luther’s List of accusations against the Roman Catholic Church.

Edict of Worms

When Charles V exiled or outlawed Luther from The Holy Roman Empire or any of it’s other lands

Peace of Augsburg

A treaty between Charles V and the German Protestant princes that granted legal recognition of Lutheranism in Germany

John Calvin

1509-1564. French theologian. Developed the Christian theology known as Calvinism. Attracted Protestant followers with his teachings.

Henry VIII

(1491-1547) King of England from 1509 to 1547; his desire to annul his marriage led to a conflict with the pope, England’s break with the Roman Catholic Church, and its embraced of Protestantism. He established the Church of England in 1532.

Act of Supremacy

1534 Declared the King to be head of the English church rather than the Pope (Created by Henry VIII)

Elizabeth I

(1533-1603) Queen of England and Ireland between 1558 and 1603. She was an absolute monarch and is considered to be one of the mots successful rulers of all time.

Anglicanism

A Protestant denomination of the Christian faith founded by Henry VIII in England

Puritans

Protestant sect in England hoping to “purify” the Anglican Church of Roman Catholic traces in practice and organization

Inquisition

A Roman Catholic tribunal for investigation and prosecuting charges of heresy - especially the one active in Spain during the 1400s

Edict of Nantes

1598 - Granted the Huguenots liberty of conscience and worship in France

Thirty Year’s War

A devastating European conflict that began as a religious struggle between Catholics and Protestants within the Holy Roman Empire and evolved into a border geopolitical contest for continental dominance

Jesuits

Also known as the Society of Jesus; founded by Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) as a teaching and missionary order to resist the spread of Protestantism.