Exam 15: Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

Compare and contrast political developments in France and England during the seventeenth century.What are the possible differences between the two kingdoms which led to absolutism in France and limited/constitutional monarchy in England?

All of the following aided in the development of French absolutism except

Identify the following terms. -Frederick William the Great Elector

The greatest danger to Louis XIV's rule came from rebellious peasants.

Identify the following terms. -Spain's Philip II

After Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon was annulled by the Archbishop of Canterbury,

Identify the following terms. -Pope Paul III and the Council of Trent

Identify the following terms. -John Calvin and Geneva

Identify the following terms. -"justification by faith"

Of the two major Protestant reformers,Luther and Calvin,who was the most revolutionary figure,and why?

Machiavelli's emphasis that the ends justify the means had been expressed earlier by

All of the following were policies of Peter the Great except

The spark that began the Glorious Revolution was the

Identify the following terms. -Palace of Versailles

What was "revolutionary" about Martin Luther,and what was not revolutionary?

Identify the following terms. -Peter Paul Rubens

After the Turks were defeated in 1687,all of Hungary,Transylvania,Croatia,and Slovenia came under Habsburg rule,thus establishing in southeastern Europe the

The greatest figure of the Baroque was the architect and sculptor

What were the main tenets of Lutheranism,Calvinism,and Anabaptism? How did they differ from one another and from Catholicism? Discuss the most significant individuals and events involved in the rise of Protestantism in Germany,Switzerland,and England.

The city most associated with Calvin is