Term |
Definition |
Respond |
to react to something that has been said or done |
Publication |
book or other printed work |
Error |
something incorrect or incorrectly done |
Minor |
small and not very important or serious |
Parliament |
group of people who make up a country's laws |
Finance |
to provide a large amount of money to pay for something |
Contrast |
difference between people, ideas, or situations that are being compared |
Individual |
considered separately from other people or things in the same group |
Reformation |
a religious movement that began in the 1500s to reform the Catholic Church |
Martin Luther |
martin Luther was a monk and an important leader of the reformation |
Indulgence |
are pardons for sins |
John Calvin |
was one of the most influential of the new Protestant leaders |
Predestination |
the idea that god had long ago determined who will gain salvation |
Theocracy |
a government ruled by religious leaders |
William Tyndale |
printed an English translation of the New Testament of the Bible |
Counter-Reformation |
was the movement to strengthen the teachings and structure of the Catholic Church |
Jesuits |
was the most influential of the new religious orders |
Ignatius Loyola |
founded the new religious orders |
Council of Trent |
were meetings,these meetings catholic leaders sought ways to revive the moral authority of the Catholic Church and to stop the spread of protestantis |
Henry VIII |
was the king of England who wrote a book criticizing Luther’s ideas |
Annulment |
is an official action ending a marriage |
Act of Supremacy |
This act made the king the leader of the Church of England. |
Henry IV |
was crowned and the civil wars ended soon after |
Edict |
is an official public order made by a king or another authority |
Philip II |
was the Catholic ruler of Spain, he championed the counter reformation |
Armada |
means fleet of ships |
Absolute Monarchy |
a ruler who has complete power over the government and its subjects |
Divine Right of Kings |
a theory which states that a kings right to rule comes directly from god |
Louis XIV |
these two theories created a powerful leader in France’s king Louis XIV |
Constitutional Monarchy |
is a form of government in which a kings or queens power is limited by constitution |
Federalism |
a form of government in which power is shared between local and national levels |
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