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Political theory which trid to maintain approximate parity between nation states
balance of power
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Resounding military victory for the Duke of Marlborough, and a signal defeat for Louis XIV's French forces
Blenheim
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the right of anyone being held to appear before a judge or magistrate and be charged or let free
habeas corpus
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pact between holland, england, spain, sweded, austria, and others, formed to clock Louis XIV's aggression
League of Augsburg
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ended the Thirty Years War, and generally thought of as the end of the Reformation
Treaty of Utrecht
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the unexpected son of James II, meaning an eventual Catholic monarch on the throne of England
warming-pan baby
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practical and cynical Prince of the Church who supported Protestant forces in the Thirty Years War as a way to promote French power
Cardinal Richelieu
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Opposing sides in the English Civil War, supporting Parliament and the King, respectively
Cavaliers and Roundheads
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Non-monastic order of especially well-trained, educated, and devout Catholic priests, also known as the "Soliders of Christ"
Society of Jesus
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Second step toward religious tolerance, this gave French Calvinists some rights and protections while noting that France was a mostly Catholic country
Edict of Nantes
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Created mathematical science of probability and argued that faith was a good bet, given the consequence of being wrong...
Blaise Pascal
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Ended the War of the Spanish SUccession: guarantedd territorial integrity of Holland, secured the throne and colonies of Spain,k limited French expansionism, and gve Bitain slave-trading rights
Peace of Westphalia
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Devoutly Catholic son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, he squandered Spanish power trying to wipe out Protestantism in his own realm and anywhere else
Phillip II
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English monarch, son of James I, whose stubborn assertion of the "Divine right of kings" cost him his head
Charles I
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Long-running Catholic church conclave which institueted numerous reforms while confirming most theological doctrines
Concil of Trent
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