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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Cardinal Richeliue | He was a French countrymen and he was Loius the xiii cheif minister. 1585-1642 Loius the xii was a weak ruler so he left the power up to richeliue. He was the one that built up the bourban dynasty by giving some of the power to the nobles |
| cardinal jules mazarin | He was a french cardinal and he was also the prime minsiter 1692-1651 he shared the royal power with luis xiv mother. he devolped harsh polices to build up the monarch, this made the nobles fear that they were losing their power |
| Fronde | it was a series of riots that broke out across paris 1648-1653 the riots broke out because of mazarins strict polocies the rioters broke into luis xiv palace when he was 13 which caused him to be very cautious as an adult. the leaders of the revolt eventually accepted mazarins laws |
| Peace of Augsburg | it was the first legal statement that allowed for lutherism and catholicsm to exist in germany 1555 it was the first legal document that allowed for the two religions to coexist. it stated that no member of the empire was able to declare war on relgious terms. |
| Huguenots | they were members of the french cavalry 1585 Luis xiv makes the mistake of revoking the edict of nantes. this caused many huguenots to flee france. this was an economic mistake becuse they were important |
| edict of nantes | the edict allowed religious rights to calvinsit protestants of france 1598 after it was revoked it caused over two hundred thousand huguenots to flee to france. |
| luis xiv | he was the king of france 1638-1715 he began governing frnce after the death of mazarin. he continued mazarins work because he created a centralized state that was governd by a capital. he wanted to get rid of feudalism. |
| war of spanish succesion | it was fought between several european powers to oppose phillp v succesion to the throne 1701-1714 as a result of the war, phillip remained the king of spain but he was completley removed from the french monarchies. the austrians gained most of the spanish territoires in italy |
| treaty of utrecht | it was a series of peace treates that helped to end the spanish war. 1713 |
| boyars | they were landowners with conservitive veiws 1500-1600 they dominated the russian society becuse they were landowners |
| czar | a czar is the supreme ruler 1000-1900 this title was used to siginy the supreme rulers |
| peter the great | he was the pokitcal and religious czar of russia 1672-1725 he carried out a policy of modernization and expansion in the russian empire. he brought the church under state control nd he built up the russian insustry and he sponsoerd new schools |
| austria | it was the most powerful state in the holy roman empire 1713 it was ruled by the hapsburgs and it consited of three parts, the dukedom of austria, the kingdom of bohemia and the kingdom og hungary |
| thirty years war | it was one of the most destructive conflicts in eurpoean history 1618-1648 it was fought as mainly as a religious conflict between the pretestants and the catholics. there was great destruction |
| treaty of westphalia | a treaty that ended the thirty years war 1648 |
| maria theresa | she was the only female hapsburg ruler 1717-1780 she was a very large landowner and the pragmatic sanction made everyone reconize her as the sole heir to the hapsburg land |
| frederick the great | he was the king of prussia 1740-1786 he ws forced to watch the execution of his friend and he was a furios attcaker of other lands |
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