AP Euro Chapter 15 Vocab

promotes governmental regulation of a nation's economy. economic counterpart of political absolutism. served to strengthen the monarchy.

prejudice against women based on sex

doubting the truth

a style of European architecture, music, and art of the 17th and 18th centuries that followed mannerism and is characterized by ornate detail

selling hereditary judicial or administrative positions to make money for France

a tax on the slave trade/salves

the treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War

a document Henry published that granted Huguenots liberties, restored internal peace to France

an increase in prices and decrease in value of purchasing money

prejudice against another race based on the belief that one's own race is superior

the hatred of women

French protestants (mostly calvinists) that were fought against at the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

spanish government officials who served to strengthen the monarchy

Initially a war between Protestant and Catholic states in the fragmenting Holy Roman Empire, it gradually developed into a more general conflict involving most of the great powers of Europe, becoming less about religion and more a continuation of the France–Habsburg rivalry for European political pre-eminence.

a targeted group of assassinations, followed by a wave of Catholic mob violence, both directed against the Huguenots

tax on land

small group of moderates who believed that strong monarchy could fix the issues in France

Low countries declared independence

granted the Huguenots rights

Ended the Hapsburg-Valois wars