History of Europe Questions
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In the 16th and 17th centuries, approximately how many people were executed as a result of witch trials?
For about 100 years (1560-1660), witch-hunts were not uncommon in Europe and European colonies in the Americas. Witch-hunts themselves were not new, but this period brought a new interpretation of why people became witches. What was the new understanding that replaced the idea that witches were people who used magical power to do harm and get what they wanted?
What did politiques believe the Catholic government should do with regard to the Huguenots?
Pope Paul III set up a new church court, the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition, known formally as the Holy Office. What authority did the Holy Office have over Catholics whom the Holy Office considered to be heretics?
See the Vasari painting of the Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre on page 452. Who commissioned the fresco and where was it displayed?
Who was the founder of the order (#1:Which new religious orders played a major role in spreading Catholicism globally and restoring Catholicism in much of southern Germany and eastern Europe?)
Which new religious orders played a major role in spreading Catholicism globally and restoring Catholicism in much of southern Germany and eastern Europe?
Historians see the developments within the Roman Catholic Church after the beginning of the Protestant Reformation as coming from two interrelated movements. What were they?
Which Protestant-Catholic difference accounted for the failure of the Council of Trent to reconcile Catholicism and Protestantism?
Did the Council of Trent have a long-lasting impact on the Roman Catholic Church?
Who became most influential in the Committee of Public Safety?
Following the success of the Terror, what society did Robespierre create with his newfound power?
Who led a coup against the Directory and restored one-man rule in France?
What was the tone of John Paul Marat's newspaper, L'ami Du Peuple?
The attack on what infamous location was the initial spark that set the Revolution in motion?
How did the American Revolution play a hand in the start of the French Revolution?
What nation allied with Austria to invade France?
Whose opinion of the death penalty was altered directly prior to the execution of Louis XVI?
How did Robespierre respond to the Dantonists calling to ease the violence of the Terror and return to normalcy?
What was the result of Robespierre's execution?