backed by force only when necessary can be understood specifically through his dealings with the increasingly powerful Spanish-Austrian Habsburg family and furthermore‚ can be paralleled to Machiavelli’s ideas on international diplomacy during times of war.# Prior to Richelieu’s ascent to power‚ France was engaged
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torture. If found guilty of witchcraft‚ witches would be either hung or burned at the stake. Thirty Years War Gustavus Adolphus- He was responsible for transforming Sweden into a great Baltic power. He brought disciplined and well-equipped Swedish to northern Germany. Adolphus also was a devoted Lutheran who felt he needed to aid his coreligionists in Germany. Peace of Westphalia- It ended the war in Germany and ensured that all the German states were free to determine their own religion (1648)
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Charles V 23. reasons for Charles V’s failure to build a centralized‚ sovereign state in the Holy Roman Empire? 24. The Spanish Inquisition 25. states developed constitutional governments in the seventeenth century 26. The English Civil War 27. The bloodless change of power in 1688–1689 that ensured representative‚ constitutional government in England was known as 28. absolutism 29. “l’état‚ c’est moi” 30. policies pursued by Louis XIV? 31. Versailles 32. Peter the
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Who was Martin Luther & what did he believe about the Roman Catholic church? What did he publish? What did this lead to? What denomination resulted? How did this religious rebellion affect Europe’s government? Describe Europe’s economical and intellectual transformation. Describe the regions in which missionaries spread Christianity. With what did the church of Rome provide western Europe? Describe religion during the 16th & 17th centuries? What did religious controversies lead to? Why did people
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During the 16th Century‚ Europe and the Holy Roman Empire was experiencing a grand accumulation of uprisings. Along with the Protestant Reformation (1517) and the Dutch Revolt (1568-1609)‚ the Germanic states and the Holy Roman Empire were home to one of the most significant peasant revolts in European history‚ the revolt of 1524. Causes of the revolt include the unfair treatment of serfs by nobles and the evolution of Lutheranism and protestant reform in peasant culture. The nobles were under the
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Religion was a major factor in the centralization of territories into modern nation states. Religion was crucial in the development of the modern nation state because of it’s ability to be a unifying characteristic. Religion also created common enemies which allowed groups with different religious views separate into individual states that be far more likely to have a more centralized government or monarch. While religion acted as a catalyst in the development of the modern nation state‚ religion
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Absolutism is the sovereign power or ultimate authority in the state and layed power in the hands of the King who claimed power due to divinity. The government of France in the 17th century couldn ’t be labeled an absolute monarchical government because it depended on limited political realities. The king relied on ministers‚ nobles and peasants‚ to control people and their control would fall short of the aspirations of the King due to overlapping authorities. In order for absolutism to exist in
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Thirty Years’ War: Ernst von Mansfeld Ernst von Mansfeld was a German military commander in the Thirty Years War. Although he fought for the Protestant cause‚ Mansfeld was a Roman Catholic. He was considered one of the most dangerous opponent of the Catholic League. He was born in 1580 as the illegitimate son of Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort and Dorothea von Solms- Lich. In 1594 he served under Archduke Leopold. Then‚ in 1610 he joined Frederick V and the Protestant Union. At the age 36
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inflame European politics because each religious section of society wanted more control over the other. This could be done with wars that determined the amount of land and authority a state could occupy. Certainly‚ there was a changing relationship between politics and religion with both the French Wars of Religion and the Thirty Years War. The Dutch Revolt was a war of religion that took place between 1560 and 1600. This conflict involved the successful revolt of the Protestant Seven Provinces
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HIST121 Western Civilization before The Thirty Years War Charlemagne: Roman Emperor‚ Father of Europe‚ or the Chief Bishop Larry Ray December 15‚ 2013 Charlemagne was one of the greatest European rulers of medieval times. He was both part warrior and part scholar. He was also know to many as Charles the Great or just Charles in his inner circle. He lived from 747 to 814. Charlemagne was a Frank. Franks’ were German tribes who controlled the area of northwestern
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