| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Philip II | king of spain, defender of catholicism |
| guild | medieval assacoation of merchants and craftsman |
| william of orange | led 7 protestant northern province of the netherlands to thier independence from spain |
| united provinces of netherlands | a republic in which each province had an elected governer and practiced religious toleration |
| rembrant van rijn | dutch artist who painted wealthy middle-cless merchants and group portraits that showed the individualith of each man for individual faces |
| absolute monarch | a king or queen who has inlimited power and seeks to control all aspects of society |
| divine right | the idea that monarchs are gods representatives on earth and are therefore answerable only to god |
| huguenots | french protestants |
| henry of navarre | huguenot who became henry IV, 1st king of the bourbon dynasty in france |
| edict of nantes | declaration in which the french king henry IV promised that protestants could live in peace in france |
| cardinal richelieu | leader of the catholic church in france who was appointed the minister of the french government |
| skepticism | a philosophy based on the idea that nothing can be known for certain |
| king louis XIV | the most powerful ruler in frence history |
| intendant | a french govnt official appointed by the monarch to collect taxes and administer justice |
| jean baptiste colbert | minister of finance under louis XIV |
| war of spanish succession | a conflict fron 1701 to 1713 where european states fought to prevent the bourbon family from controlling spain as well as france |
| thirty years war | a european conflict over religion and territory and for power among ruling families lasting from 1618 to 1648 |
| maria theresa | empress of austria who decreased the power of the nobility limited amout of labor |
| federick the great | prussian emperor who forced the 7 years war by attackinf saxonly |
| seven years war | a conflict in europe, NA, Indiain which forces battled other countries |
| ivan the terrible | the 1sr russian ruler with the title czar |
| boyars | a landowning noble of russia |
| peter the great | was 24 years old when he became the sole ruler of russia |
| westernization | an adoption of the social political and economis institutions of western |
| charles I | english king that was brought to trial by parliament for treason |
| english civil war | a conflist lasting from 1642 to 1649 in which puritan battled supporters of england monarchy |
| oliver cromwell | puritian leaser in parliament that became the leader of england when king charles I was put to death |
| restoration | the period of charles II rule over england |
| habeas corpus | a document requiring that a prisoner be brought before a court or judge so that is can decide where prisonment is legal |
| glorious revolution | the bloodless overthrow of the english king james II |
| constitutional monarchy | a system of governing in which rulers power is limited by law |
| cabinet | a group of advisors or ministers chosen |
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