History 101: Western Civilization I
Professor Peter Catapano

Chapter 12 - Key Terms and Reading Questions
Struggles over Beliefs, 1500-1648

Erasmus
Christian humanism
Martin Luther
Thomas More
"justification by faith alone"
ninety-five theses
Peasants Rebellion (1525)
Protestant
John Calvin
Reformed Church
predestination

Henry VIII
Spanish Armada
Elizabeth I
Habsburgs
Valois
Ottomans
Peace of Augsburg
Dutch Republic
French Wars of Religion
Huguenots
Henry of Navarre
Edict of Nantes
Counter-Reformation

Jesuits
 Thirty Years' War
Holy Roman Empire
Peace of Westphalia
Copernicus
Ptolemy
Galileo
William Harvey
Francis Bacon
Scientific Method
Witchcraft
Montaigne
Hugo Grotius
"natural law"



Reading and Discussion Questions:
1.  Martin Luther thought that mixing religion and politics was the greatest danger to the Reformation. What movement did Luther oppose in the 1520s and what was its fate?


2. Religious divisions plagued numerous European countries in the sixteenth century, threatening their unity and stability. What challenges did these countries face, and how were they resolved in the mid-sixteenth century?


3. What was secularization? How was it expressed?