4.2 - Religious and Political Change in Europe
- absolute monarchies
- constitutional states
- Sought to limit monarchical power
- Lisbon Earthquake
- 1755
- Earthquake in the Atlantic Ocean destroyed buildings
- Killed as many as 100k people
- Led to the decline of Portugal
- Little Ice Age
- Europe experienced high temps from 920 AD to 1250
- The next few centuries until ~1800s saw increased temps
- Louis XIV
- AKA the "Sun King" of France
- He was the state
- Built a massive residence at Versailles
- Absolute monarch
- Bribed nobles for complete control of the state
- Martin Luther
- Led the protestant reformation
- Rejected many Catholic Practices
- Including indulgences
- And rebuilding pricey cathedrals
- 95 Theses
- Caused schism
- Peace of Westphalia
- Came at the end of the Thirty Years' War
- Laid a foundation for a system of independent states instead of fighting all the time
- Mutual Recognition
- Did not end war but was an attempt
- Protestant Reformation
- Spanish Armada
- Versailles
- witch hunts