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Europe responds to the Reformation (Pages 197-203)
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Peasant's Revolt
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Broke out in 1524-1525
"hardly might a good man walk in the streets"
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Augsburg Confession
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the first Protestant confession of faith
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Peace of Augsburg
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gave official approval to the territorial, state-established church principle in Germany
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Counter-Reformation
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A movement started by the pope which main purpose was to prevent any more Catholics from becoming Protestant
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Inquisition
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Revived by the Counter-Reformation and used torture and terror to obtain confessions of heresy from Protestants
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Index of Prohibited Books
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A list of books issued by the pope that Roman Catholics were forbidden to read.
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Ignatius Loyola
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A Spanish soldier that began the Society of Jesus or Jesuits
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Council of Trent
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Denied the biblical teachings of the Protestant Reformation and even the very heart of the gospel
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Charles V
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Elected as Holy Roman Emperor in 1519 and staunchly defended the Roman Church
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Philip II
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Controlled much of the earth
Even more fanatically devoted to the pope and the Roman church than his father, Charles V
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King John III of Portugal
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Introduced the Inquisition to his country
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Miguel de Cervantes
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Spain's most outstanding writer
Wrote "Don Quixote", a story of a knight in a time when knighthood was no longer in fashion
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Luiz de Camoes
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Portugal's greatest writer
Wrote the epic poem, "Os Lusiadas" which celebrates Portugal's history and heroes
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Netherlands
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Holland and Belgium
Means "Low lands"
Surnamed "Low Countries"
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dikes
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Dam-like barriers of earth and stone
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Dutch or Hollanders
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People of the Netherlands
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Duke of Alva
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Set up a ruling council which came to be known as the "Council of Blood"
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William the Silent
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Became the leader of the repressed Dutch patriots
the "Father of Dutch liberties"
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Dutch Reform Church
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The Dutch separated from Spain's ally, the Roman church, and formed this
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United Provinces of the Netherlands
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The seven northern provinces of Holland formed this
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The date when the United Provinces declared the Netherlands to be independent of Spain
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AD 1581
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