Renaissance
The period from 1400-1600 that saw a change of cultural and intellectual values
John Calvin
(1509-1564) French theologian who established theocracy in Geneva, developed predestination, and created Calvinism
Martin Luther
(1483-1546) German theologian that challenged the church's practice of indulgences, which led to the Reformation
Peace of Augsburg
(1555) Document in which Charles V recognized Lutheranism as a legal religion in the Holy Roman Empire
Christopher Columbus
First European to sail to the West Indies (1492)
Ferdinand Magellan
Circumnavigated the globe (1519-1522)
Absolutism
theory that the monarch is supreme and can exercise full and complete power unilaterally
Bill of Rights
(1689) English document declaring that sovereignty resided with Parliament