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Thirty Years War
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Europe in the 1500’s
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Idea of a “Universal Religion” Holy Roman Empire Founded 800 AD Charlemagne “Emperor of the Romans” Intended to be “Universal Christian Empire”
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Charles V Holy Roman Emperor King of Spain 1516-1556
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Problems Martin Luther (1483- 1546) Preached beliefs against Catholic Church Catholic Church: Good deeds=salvation Martin Luther: God’s Mercy=salvation
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Peasant’s War Attempt to tie Protestant Reformation with social reformation Certain states revolted, became Protestant
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Four Phases of War: 1. Bohemian Period 2. Danish 3. Swedish Period (Treaty of Prague) 4. French Period (Peace of Westphalia
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Bohemian Period (1618-1625) Ferdinand of Styria elected Ferdinand II of Holy Roman Empire – Huge supporter of Catholic cause Elected own Emperor: Frederick V Defenestration of Prague: Calvinist rebels threw Bohemian royal council out of a window
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Catholics vs. Protestants Catholic League: alliance of German Catholic Principalities (south Germany) Sided with Ferdinand II Protestant Union: alliance of German Protestant principalities (northern Germany) Sided with Frederick V
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End of Bohemian Period Catholic and Habsburg victory
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Danish Period (1625-1629) Christian IV: Lutheran king of Denmark – Duke of Holstein, member of HRE Supported Frederick Sent army against imperial forces
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Catholic Response Ferdinand enlisted help of Albrecht von Wallenstein Military genius
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Treaty of Lubeck (1629) Christian IV got to keep Denmark In return, was not allowed to support the Protestant German states
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Edict of Restitution Ferdinand repossessed Protestant territories belonging to Catholic Church
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Swedish Period (1630-1635) Led by King Gustavus Adolphus II France and Sweden sign alliance Catholic France and Protestant Sweden vs. Catholic HRE Battle of Lutzen: Swedes win, but Adolphus dies Sweden loses every battle since Wallenstein assassinated later
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Treaty of Prague Delay of Edict of Restitution by 40 years – Strengthened Hapsburgs further Did not satisfy France
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French Period (1635-1648) France declared war on Spain in May 1635 Holy Roman Empire in August 1636 Ferdinand II dies in 1637 Cardinal Richelieu dies in 1642 Louis XIII dies in 1643
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Treaty of Westphalia (1648) End of Thirty Years War
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Absolute Sovereignty Sovereignty: Jean Bodin believed that sovereign power consisted of: – the authority to make laws, – tax, – administer justice, – control the state's administrative system – determine foreign policy.
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Divine Right of Kings Kings received their power from God, so therefore their power was absolute Responsible to no one except God
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Cardinal Richelieu Stripped the autonomy of several towns – Mostly Protestant towns in France (Huguenots) who rebelled against crown Divided France into 30 administrative (bureaucracy) Districts instead of nobles to run country
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King Louis XIV Versailles Forced all nobles to come to the court Bogged down in custom, the nobles could not think of rebellion
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England and Constitutionalism France’s kings getting more powerful, England’s kings gradually less powerful
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England was different…. Magna Carta- kings were held subject to the law Parliament: gradually transformed from advisory council to legislature of England
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Henry VIII Broke from Rome Began Church of England (still held most practices of Catholicism) Elements in England wanted to change England to make more Protestant
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Elizabeth I Made England more Protestant Had no children
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James Stuart (James I) King of Scotland (James VI) Tried to make England Absolute Monarchy Struggled with Parliament
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Charles I Son of James Married daughter of King of France (Catholic) Tried to unite England and Scotland – One king, one faith Scotland revolts, invades England Charles forced to call Parliament
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English Civil War King vs. Parliament Parliament Wins Charles I tried and executed
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Commonwealth Period (1649-1660) Oliver Cromwell Protestant fundamentalist dictatorship Shakespeare’s theatre (Globe) burned down Cromwell dies 1658
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Restoration (1660-1688) Charles II (1660-1685)- son of Charles I invited to be king – Possibly Catholic, but didn’t show it
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James II (1685-1688) Catholic Wanted to make England Catholic again Regain Absolute Monarchy
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Glorious Revolution King William and Mary of Orange (Netherlands) Overthrew her father Became new king and queen of England Parliament forced them to sign “English Bill of Rights” – Expanded rights of landed gentry from Magna Carta – Limited power of king – Constitutional Monarchy – John Locke’s “Second Treatise on Government” (1690)
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Russia Czars- Russian Emperors – Actually were absolute rulers – In exchange for absolute rule, nobles given complete control over peasants – Law Code of 1649: established serfdom Peter the Great (1689- 1725) – Made Russia into modern European state – Consolidated Czar power
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Baroque Style Emphasis on Grandeur and Drama Usually focused on Religious themes
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Sant'Andrea al Quirinale
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Calling of St. Matthew by Carvaggio
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Versailles
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