missionaries worldwide C. Witch-hunts and religious wars 1. Witch-hunts in Europe a. Theories and fears of witches intensified in the sixteenth century b. Religious conflicts of Reformation fed hysteria about witches and devil worship c. About sixty thousand executed‚ 95 percent of them women 2. Religious wars between Protestants and Catholics throughout the sixteenth century a. Civil war in France for thirty-six years (1562-1598) b. War between Catholic Spain and Protestant England‚ 1588
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The two treaties of Münster and Osnabrück‚ commonly known as the Peace of Westphalia‚ was the culminating element for the Holy Roman Empire in the Thirty Years’ War. It established a final religious settlement and provided for new political boundaries for the German states of central Europe. The impact of the Peace of Westphalia was broad and long-standing‚ as it dictated the future of Germany and ex-territories of the Holy Roman Empire for some time to come.<br><br>The Peace of Westphalia put down
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particular period. First‚ absolutism seemed very desirable to many people in Europe in 17th century. Before absolute monarchs established their authority‚ Europe had been in endless chaos full of wars and social instability. Spain‚ England‚ and France each underwent their own civil wars. The 30 Years War devastated much of the Germanic states‚ and the Holy Roman Empire did no exist in reality any longer. Even in France‚ a supposedly united country‚ was divided by classes‚ regions and religions‚ there
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Minnesota‚ composed The Age of Religious Wars and other historical vignettes. Dunn earned a history Ph.D. from Princeton and taught history at the University of Michigan and the University of Pennsylvania where he retired in 1996. Dunn organized the published books that he used as sources into general‚ political‚ economic‚ social‚ and intellectual history. Throughout his book‚ he alluded to them with footnotes. In addition‚ he illustrated conditions after wars and treaties with Harold Faye’s maps.
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subject only to their intents and purposes of war were not yet the concern of the masses. The wars of the eighteenth century were largely fought for material‚ rather than ideological‚ reasons: generally specific territory or resources. The 18th Century war was a game they [rulers] play for what is staked‚ not for all they have in the world. Compared the religiously motivated and incredibly destructive Thirty Years War of the previous century‚ wars of the eighteenth century were fairly composed
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the Spanish as the Council of Troubles and among the Netherlands as the Council of Blood‚ which launched a campaign of terror during which the counts of Egmont and Horn‚ along with several thousand heretics were publicly executed. Alba spent six years in the Netherlands and during this time he levied new taxes and continually persecuted Protestants. Resistance and Unification William of Orange emerged from exile as the leader of the movement for the independence of the Netherlands from Spain.
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1160 Assignment One: Chapter 4: European Material Life‚ 1600-1800 Document One: Page 96 A Meal of Gruel in a Dutch Peasant Family is an engraving done by A. Van Ostade in Paris in 1653. During this time era‚ there were many wars taking place‚ like the Thirty Years War‚ and this time was in the middle of the age of exploration. Since most of the wealth of the Dutch Republic‚ as well as all over Europe‚ was going towards funding these great trade journeys and for setting up settlements across the
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best known for his sculpture "David" 4) Fillippo Brunelleschi: Italian architect and engineer‚ designer of the dome of the Cathedral of Florence‚ or la Duomo 5) Henry VII of England: King of England from August 22‚ 1485 to April 21‚ 1509. After the War of Roses‚ restored political stability in England 6) Lorenzo Valla: (1406-1457) The Father of Modern Historical Criticism. Wrote On Pleasure‚ which "defends the pleasures of the senses as the highest goods" 7) Pico della Mirandola: Wrote the essay‚
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Final Exam Study Guide Identifications 1. Analects- book of Confucius’ sayings and ideas; written during the Warring States period by his disciples (475-221 BC) and achieved its final form during the mid-Han dynasty; one of the central texts of Confucianism 2. Lao-Tzu- a philosopher of ancient China‚ best known as the author of the Tao Te Ching. His association with the Tào Té Chīng has led him to be traditionally considered the founder of philosophical Taoism. He is also revered as a
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World War I was a major event of deaths‚ disasters‚ causes and effects on the European countries. World War I was a war against three European countries England‚ France‚ and Russian versus Germany‚ Italy and Austria-Hungary. Friedrich Engels explains in The Origins of the First World War (Doc A) the aftermath of the Thirty Years War caused many devastating effects like famine‚ sickness‚ want and brutalizing the population and this is being compared to World War I saying that the same outcome happened
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