Flashcards
Protestant Reformation and the Counter Reformation
Cards in this deck (8)
- 1What were the Huguenots?They were the French Protestants.
- 2What happened on the day of the St. Bartholomew's Massacre?Catherine (a Catholic) urged the murder of all Protestant guests at a wedding.
- 3What was the Edict (Treaty ) of Nantes?It happened in 1598 and it allowed all Protestants to practice their own religion.
- 4What was the Inquisition?It was a Catholic Church court to stop heresy. It was given more power to question, torture, and kill.
- 5Who did the Inquisition put on trial?Enemies of the Catholic Church.
- 6What powers did the Catholic Church have?Absolute power. It could question, torture, kill, arrest, and imprison a person on the slightest suspicion.
- 7What nationality was Ignatius Loyola?It was Spanish.
- 8What was the name of the religious society Loyola formed?He formed the Jesuits (society of Jesus).