Which of the following was NOT a major factor permitting the rise of secular European monarchs and their centralization of power?
(A) the Hundred Years War
(B) the Peace of Augsburg
(C) the marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile
(D) the signing of the English Bill of Rights
(E) the revocation of the Edict of N antes
Answer: D.
Europe 1450-1750
- The Protestant Reformation changed Europe I. by contributing to violent wars II. by ending the unilateral power of the Catholic pope in Europe III. by curtailing the power of the clerical hierarchy
- Political developments in France and England
- The roles of women in Europe
- One of the most visible environmental disasters of eighteenth century Europe was
- Peasants in Italy and Ireland
- By 1750, the world economy could best be described as
- Peter the Great is best known for
- Which of the following was NOT an important influence on the development of Enlightenment thought?
- 7, Theories of heliocentrism
- All of the following are true of the Colombian Exchange EXCEPT
- Which of the following most frequently provided the opportunity to rise in social status in Europe during the period 1450-1750?
- Early European capitalism
- Which of the following most accurately describes the humanist world-view that developed in Europe following the Middle Ages?
- The Protestant Reformation I. marked an attempt at ridding the Catholic Church of corrupt practices II. sparked wars of religion throughout Europe for more than a hundred years III. pushed most European monarchs to reject Catholicism outright