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Title: European Expansion and Religious Wars

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European Expansion and Religious Wars
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References A History of the Modern World by
Palmer and Colton A History of Western Society
by McKay, Hill, and Buckler A History of
Western Society Study Guide by Schmiechen
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Politics, Religion, and War

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The Origins of Difficulties
in France
(1515-1559)

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By 1500, France was recovering from plague and
disorder, and the nobility began to lose power.

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The French kings, such as Francis I and Henry II,
continued the policies of centralization
were great patrons of Renaissance art,
but spent more money than they raised.

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The wars between France and Emperor Charles V -
the Habsburg-Valois wars - were also costly.

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To raise money, Francis sold public offices and
signed the Concordat of Bologna (1516) in which
he recognized the supremacy of the papacy in
return for the right to appoint French bishops.

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This settlement
established Catholicism as the state religion in
France.
also perpetuated corruption within the French
church.

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The corruption made Calvinism attractive to
Christians eager for reform some clergy and
members of the middle and artisan classes.

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Religious Riots
and
Civil War in France
(1559-1589)

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The French nobility, many of them Calvinist,
attempted to regain power over a series of weak
monarchs.

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The Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre of
Calvinists in 1572 led to the War of the Three
Henrys, a damaging conflict for secular power.

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King Henry IV's Edict of Nantes (1598) saved
France from further civil war by allowing
Protestants to worship.

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The Netherlands under Charles V

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The Low Countries were part of the Habsburg
empire and enjoyed commercial success and
relative autonomy.

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In 1556, Charles V abdicated and divided his
empire between his brother, Ferdinand, and his
son, King Philip II of Spain.

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The Revolt of the Netherlands (1556-1587)

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Calvinism took deep root among the merchants and
financiers.

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Regent Margaret attempted to destroy
Protestantism by establishing the Inquisition in
the Netherlands.

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She also raised taxes, causing those who opposed
the repression of Calvinism to unite with those
who opposed the taxes.

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Popular support for Protestantism led to the
destruction of many Catholic churches.

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The Duke of Alva and his Spanish troops were sent
by Philip II to crush the disturbances in the Low
Countries.

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Alva's brutal actions only inflamed the religious
war which raged from 1568 to 1578.

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The Low Countries were finally split into
the Spanish Netherlands in the south, under the
control of the Spanish Habsburgs, and

the independent United Provinces of the
Netherlands in the north.

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The Netherlands
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The north was Protestant and ruled by the
commercial aristocracy.

The south was Catholic and ruled by the landed
nobility.

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Elizabeth I of England supported the northern, or
Protestant, cause as a safeguard against Spain
attacking England.

The wars in the Low Countries had badly hurt the
English economy.

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Elizabeth I
She had her rival and heir Mary, Queen of Scots,
beheaded when Mary was implicated in a plot to
assassinate Elizabeth

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Philip II
and
the Spanish Armada

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Phillip II had supported Mary Queen of Scotland's
plot to kill Elizabeth of England and planned an
invasion of England.

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He wanted to keep England in the Catholic fold.

He believed he would never conquer the Dutch
unless he defeated England first.

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His plan was hurt by his ill health and fear of
Turkish attack.

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The destruction of the Spanish Armada of 1588 did
not mean the end of the war, but it did prevent
Philip from forcibly unifying western Europe.

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In 1609, Philip III agreed to a truce, in effect,
recognizing the independence of the United
Provinces.

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The Thirty Years' War
(1618-1648)

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Defenestration of Prague, 1618The Thirty
The Origins of the Conflict
The Peace of Augsburg of 1555 had brought a
temporary truce in the religious conflict in the
German states. This settle-ment had recognized
only Lutherans and Roman Catholics, but Calvinism
had subsequently made gains in a number of
states. The Calvinists began to demand
recognition of their rights. The Thirty Years'
War began, however, as a direct result of a
conflict in the Hapsburg-ruled Kingdom of
Bohemia.
The Bohemian Period (1618-1625)
In 1617, the Bohemian Diet elected Ferdinand of
Styria as king of Bohemia. Ferdinand, a member of
the Hapsburg family, became Holy Roman emperor
two years later, as Ferdinand II (r. 1619-1637).
He was an ardent supporter of the Catholic cause.
Ferdinand's election alarmed Bohemian Calvinists,
who feared the loss of their religious rights. In
May 1618, the Calvinist revolt began when the
rebels threw two Catholic members of the Bohemian
royal council from a window some seventy feet
above the ground. Both councillors fell into a
pile of manure, and suffered only minor injuries.
This incident became known as the Defenestration
of Prague.
Emperor Ferdinand II won the support of
Maximilian I (1573-1651) of Bavaria, the leader
of Catholic League. Troops of the Holy Roman
Empire and Bavari commanded by Baron Tilly
(1559-1632), invaded Bohemia. Tilly won a
decisive victory over the forces of Fredreick V
at the Battle of White Mountain, near Prague.
Frederick fled to Holland.
Emperor Ferdinand II regained the Bohemian
throne, Maximilian of Bavaria acquired the
Palatinate. The Bohemian phase of the Thirty
Years' War thus ended with a Hapsburg and
Catholic victory.
The Danish Period (1625-1629)
The Danish period of the conflict began when King
Christian IV (r. 1588-1648), the Lutheran ruler
of Denmark supported the Protestants in 1625
against Ferdinand II.
King Christian was also the duke of Holstein and
a prince of the Holy Roman Empire.
Ferdinand secured the assistance of Albrecht von
Wallenstein (1583-1634), who raised an
independent army of 50,000. The combined forces
of Wallenstein and Tilly defeated Christian in
1626 and then occupied the duchy of Holstein.
Taking control of Prague, the rebels declared
Ferdinand deposed and elected a new king,
Frederick V (1596-1632), the elector of the
Palatinate in western Germany and a Calvinist.
The German Protestant Union, which Frederick
headed, provided some aid to the Bohemian rebels.
The Treaty of Lubeck of 1629 restored Holstein to
Christian IV, but the Danish king pledged not to
intervene further in German affairs. The Danish
period of the war, like the Bohemian period, thus
ended with a Hapsburg and Catholic victory.
The Swedish Period (1630-1635)
The Catholic victories alarmed Protestants almost
everywhere. The victories of the emperor
endangered the independence of the German
princes, while the French Bourbons were concerned
about the growth of Hapsburg power.
The newProtestant leader became King Gustavus
Adolphus (r. 1611-1632) of Sweden. In the summer
of 1630, the Swedes moved into Germany. Later in
the year, France and Sweden signed an alliance,
and France entered the war against the Hapsburgs.
The Thirty Years' War had begun primarily as a
German conflict over religious issues. The
conflict now became a wider European war, fought
mainly over political issues, as Catholic France
and Protestant Sweden joined forces against the
Catholic Hapsburgs.

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Defenestration of Prague, 1618The Thirty Years'
Wars 1618-1648
The Origins of the Conflict
The Peace of Augsburg of 1555 had brought a
temporary truce in the religious connict in the
German states. This settle-ment had recognized
only Lutherans and Roman Catholics, but
Cal-vinism had subsequently made gains in a
number of states. The Calvinists began to demand
recognition of their rights. The Thirty Years'
War began, however, as a direct result of a
conflict in the Hapsburg-ruled Kingdom of
Bohemia.
The Bohemian Period (1618-1625)
In 1617, the Bohemian Diet elected Ferdinand of
Styria as king of Bohemia. Ferdinand, a member of
the Hapsburg family, became Holy Roman emperor
two years later, as Ferdinand II (r. 1619-1637).
He was an ardent supporter of the Catholic cause.
Ferdinand's election alarmed Bohemian Calvinists,
who feared the loss of their religious rights. In
May 1618, the Calvinist revolt began when the
rebels threw two Catholic members of the Bohemian
royal council from a window some seventy feet
above the ground. Both councillors fell into a
pile of manure, and suffered only minor injuries.
This incident became known as the Defenestration
of Prague.
Emperor Ferdinand II won the support of
Maximilian I (1573-1651) of Bavaria, the leader
of Catholic League. Troops of the Holy Roman
Empire and Bavari commanded by Baron Tilly
(1559-1632), invaded Bohemia. Tilly won a
decisive victory over the forces of Fredreick V
at the Battle of White Mountain, near Prague.
Frederick fled to Holland.
Emperor Ferdinand II regained the Bohemian
throne, Maximilian of Bavaria acquired the
Palatinate. The Bohemian phase of the Thirty
Years' War thus ended with a Hapsburg and
Catholic victory.
The Danish Period (1625-1629)
The Danish period of the conflict began when King
Christian IV (r. 1588-1648), the Lutheran ruler
of Denmark supported the Protestants in 1625
against Ferdinand II.
King Christian was also the duke of Holstein and
a prince of the Holy Roman Empire.
Ferdinand secured the assistance of Albrecht von
Wallenstein (1583-1634), who raised an
independent army of 50,000. The combined forces
of Wallenstein and Tilly defeated Christian in
1626 and then occupied the duchy of Holstein.
Taking control of Prague, the rebels declared
Ferdinand deposed and elected a new king,
Frederick V (1596-1632), the elector of the
Palatinate in western Germany and a Calvinist.
The German Protestant Union, which Frederick
headed, provided some aid to the Bohemian rebels.
The Treaty of Lubeck of 1629 restored Holstein to
Christian IV, but the Danish king pledged not to
intervene further in German affairs. The Danish
period of the war, like the Bohemian period, thus
ended with a Hapsburg and Catholic victory.
The Swedish Period (1630-1635)
The Catholic victories alarmed Protestants almost
everywhere. The victories of the emperor
endangered the independence of the German
princes, while the French Bourbons were concerned
about the growth of Hapsburg power.
The newProtestant leader became King Gustavus
Adolphus (r. 1611-1632) of Sweden. In the summer
of 1630, the Swedes moved into Germany. Later in
the year, France and Sweden signed an alliance,
and France entered the war against the Hapsburgs.
The Thirty Years' War had begun primarily as a
German conflict over religious issues. The
conflict now became a wider European war, fought
mainly over political issues, as Catholic France
and Protestant Sweden joined forces against the
Catholic Hapsburgs.

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Protestant Bohemian revolt over religious freedom
led to war in Germany.

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The Bohemian phase (1618-1625)
characterized by civil war in Bohemia between the
Catholic League and the Protestant Union.

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The Bohemians fought for religious liberty and
independence from Habsburg rule, but lost.
Ferdinand II wiped out Protestantism in Bohemia.

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The Danish phase of the war (1625-1629) led to
further Catholic victory.

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The Swedish phase of the war (1630-1635) ended
the Habsburg plan to unite Germany.

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The French phase (1635-1648) ended with a
destroyed Germany and an independent Netherlands.

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The "Peace of Westphalia" recognized the
independent authority of the German princes.

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The treaties allowed France to intervene at will
in German affairs.
They also denied the pope the right to
participate in German religious affairs.

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Germany after the Thirty Years' War
The war was economically disastrous for Germany.
The war led to agricultural depression in Germany
which in turn encouraged a return to serfdom for
many peasants.

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Discovery, Reconnaissance, and Expansion
(1450-1650)

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Overseas exploration and conquest
The outward expansion of Europe began with the
Viking voyages, and then the Crusades, but the
presence of the Ottoman Turks in the East
frightened the Europeans and forced their
attention westward.
Political centralization in Spain, France, and
England prepared the way for expansion.
The Portuguese, under the leadership of Prince
Henry the Navigator, pushed south from North
Africa.
By 1500 Portugal controlled the flow of gold to
Europe.
Diaz, da Gama, and Cabral established trading
routes to India.
The Portuguese gained control of the Indian trade
by overpowering Muslim forts in India.
Technological stimuli to exploration
The development of the cannon aided European
expansion.
New sailing and navigational developments, such
as the caravel ship, the magnetic compass, and
the astrolabe, also aided the expansion.
The explorers' motives
The desire to Christianize the Muslims and pagan
peoples played a central role in European
expansion.
Limited economic and political opportunity for
upper-class men in Spain led to emigration.
Government encouragement was also important.
Renaissance curiosity caused people to seek out
new worlds.
Spices were another important incentive.
The economic motive-the quest for material
profit-was the basic reason for European
exploration and expansion.
The problem of Christopher Columbus
Until recently most historians agreed with
Morison that Columbus was a great hero who
carried Christian civilization to the new world.

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The Caravel
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Later Explorers

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The people of Columbus's era believed that he had
discovered a "New World."
Spanish exploitation in the Caribbean led to the
destruction of the Indian population.
The population of Hispaniola declined from
100,000 to 300 Indians and black Africans were
imported to continue the mining.
In 1519 Magellan sailed southwest across the
Atlantic for Charles V of Spain he claimed the
"Western Isles" for Spain, and proved the earth
was round and larger than Columbus had estimated.
Cortez conquered the Aztec Empire and founded
Mexico City as the capital of New Spain.
Pizarro crushed the Inca empire in Peru and
opened the Potosi mines, which became the richest
silver mines in the New World.
The Low Countries, particularly the cities of
Antwerp and Amsterdam, had been since medieval
times the center of European trade.
The Dutch East India Company became the major
organ of Dutch imperialism.
The Dutch West India Company gained control of
much of the African and American trade.
France and England made sporadic efforts at
exploration and settlement.
The economic effects of Spain's discoveries in
the New World
Enormous amounts of American gold and silver
poured into Spain in the sixteenth century .
It is probable that population growth and not the
flood of American bullion caused inflation in
Spain.
European inflation hurt the poor the most.
Colonial administration
The Spanish monarch divided his new world into
four viceroyalties, each with a viceroy and
audiencia, or board of judges, that served as an
advisory council and judicial body.
The intendants were royal officials responsible
directly to the monarch.
The Spanish acted on the mercantilist principle
that the colonies existed for the financial
benefit of the mother country.
The Crown claimed the quinto, one-fifth of all
precious metals mined in South America.

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Changing Attitudes

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The wars of religion had bred confusion,
uncertainty, and insecurity it was an age in
which sexism, racism, and skepticism began to
take on modem forms.

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The status of women declined.
Literature on women and marriage called for a
subservient wife, whose household was her first
priority, and a protective, firm-ruling, and
loyal husband.

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Catholic marriages could not be dissolved, while
Protestants held that divorce and remarriage were
possible.

Women did not lose their identity or meaningful
work, but their subordinate status did not
change.

Some women became rich and powerful.

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Prostitution was common and brothels were
licensed.

Protestant reformers believed that convents were
antifeminist and that women would find freedom in
marriage and sex.

With the closing of convents, marriage became
virtually the only occupation for upper-class
Protestant women.

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The great European witch hunt

Growth in religion and the advent of religious
struggle led to a rise in the belief in the evil
power of witches.

The thousands of people executed as witches
represent society's drift toward social and
intellectual conformity.

Witch-hunting reflects widespread misogyny and a
misunderstanding of women.

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European slavery and the origins of American
racism

Black slavery originated with the end of white
slavery (1453) and the widespread need for labor,
particularly in the new sugar-producing
settlements.

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Beginning in 1518 Africans were brought to
America to replace Indian slavery.

This was promoted by the missionary las Casas who
wished to protect Indians.

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African kings and dealers sold black slaves to
European merchants the first slaves were brought
to Brazil.

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Settlers brought to the Americas the racial
attitudes they had absorbed in Europe from
Christianity and Islam, which by and large
depicted blacks as primitive and inferior.

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