European Transformation 1500-1800
Religious and Political Innovations New Modern Era Reformation Religious Reform economic prosperity Renaissance St. Peter’s Basilica corruption Pope Leo X (Medici) (1513-21) indulgences Martin Luther challenge to Pope Leo faith over works
Reformation
Lutheranism
Religious and Political Innovations Protestant Reformation rejection of Pope’s authority word of God & Bible Lutheranism salvation through Jesus Christ German-speaker appeal printing press John Calvin (1509-1564) Protestant Institutes of the Christian Religion Salvation is predestined simplification of church rituals rejection of celibacy; pro-marriage Catholic Reformation Society of Jesus (1534) Ignatius of Loyola
Failure of Empire, 1519-1556 Holy Roman Empire Opponents federation of Germanic states Ottomans (Vienna) Charles V - 1519 Habsburg Austria and Spain Holy Roman Emperor Goal: unite Europe Opponents King Francis I Luther’s Reformation German Wars of Religion (1546) Peace of Augsburg (1555) Breakup of empire Catholicism or Lutheranism
Royal Centralization, 1550-1750 Key Ingredients 1) Talented rulers (advisors) Jean Colbert (France) Robert Walpole (Great Britain) 2) Long tenure Spain 6 (1556-1759) France 5 (1574-1774) Increased Power limit of church power Roman Catholic King Philip (Spain) Inquisition King Henry of Navarre (France) Catholic Conversion Edict of Nantes
Religious Tolerance
Royal Centralization, 1550-1750 Increased Power King Louis XIV (France) Revocation of Edict of Nantes King Henry VIII (England) Katharine of Aragon head of Church of England monasteries and convents limit of noble power uniformity in law - 1750 intendants army vernacular nationalism over Latin
Henry VIII
Absolutism & Constitutionalism no check on power France Estates-General not called to session efficiency in tax collection selling high office Palace of Versailles Constitutionalism written constitution checks power Great Britain coerced loans Scottish rebellion 1642 King Charles I
Absolutism & Constitutionalism English Civil War House of Commons 1642 Two sides Lords bishops and nobles Commoners Puritans “Rump” parliament Charles I executed (1649) Oliver Cromwell (1649-1660) Glorious Revolution (1688) William of Orange Mary Stuart Refusals to call parliament
Building State Power Powerful Military Balance of power firearms large standing armies drilling techniques France naval superiority ramming to maneuverability cannon technology England 1588 - end of Spain’s dominance Balance of power War of Spanish Succession 1701-1721 Austria/ Prussia/ England
Elizabeth I
Urban Society Business Practices banks joint-stock companies family funded banks big business / government security joint-stock companies limit of risk and reward monopolized overseas trade stock exchanges insurance companies Technology refinement of existing spread of printed material
Realm of Ideas Scientific Revolution Enlightenment natural causes Nicholas Copernicus heliocentric Galileo Galilei The Starry Messenger Isaac Newton forces of gravity Enlightenment power of reason John Locke (1690) Second Treatise of Civil Government
Galileo
John Locke