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Religious Crises in Europe
“Ding dong the witch is dead…”
Spanish Inquisition
• 1478-1834
• Targeted Jews, Moors (Spanish Muslims) & to some extent Protestants
• Religious & Political Purposes:• Religious: to rid Spain of non-Catholics (heretics)
• Political: to gain land (increase state revenue without raising taxes)
Spanish Inquisition
• Synonymous with bloody, torturous reign of terror
• Responsible for countless executions
• Video: Spanish Inquisition
Militant Catholicism in Spain
• Phillip II (r. 1556-1598)• Son of HRE Charles V
• Championed Catholic causes throughout Europe
• Waged Holy Wars
• The “Most Catholic King”
Spain & the Netherlands
• Spanish Netherlands (today’s Netherlands & Belgium)
• Phillip tried to:• Tighten his control
• Crush Calvinism
• Dutch rebelled violently (1566-1609)• Led by William the Silent (prince of Orange)
• Ended with truce that created the modern Dutch state
Spain vs. England
• England Under Elizabeth I• Golden Age
• Moderate Protestant (some degree of tolerance for Catholics)
• Goal (foreign policy) - to maintain a balance of power • Spain & France = biggest threats
• Would support whichever was weaker
Holy War
• Phillip II declared Holy War on Elizabeth I (1588)
• Why?• Spain vs. England (political)
• Phillip II vs. Elizabeth I (personal)
• Catholicism vs. Protestantism (religious)
The Spanish Armada
• Spanish Armada set sail to invade England• Most powerful Navy in the world
• English met them in the English Channel (their only hope to impede a land invasion)
• England & Elizabeth face likely disaster…• Movie Clip from “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
• Why did Spain lose?• Superstitious answer: God liked Protestants more
• Realistic answers:• Spanish not used to rough waters of the Channel
• England used fire ships to divide the Armada & burn many of its ships
• Weather favored English cause – storms ravaged the surviving Spanish ships near Scotland & Ireland
Witchcraft Trials
• Spanish Inquisition & hunt for heretics led to witch hunts
• 16th-17th C. - witch hysteria• 100,000+ charged, tortured & killed
Witches
• Who was accused?• Commoners (poor)
• Apx. 75% women
• Single or widowed
• Over 50
Witch Trials In Europe
• Handout
Thirty Years War
• 1618-1648
• Series of declared & undeclared wars
• Austrian & Spanish Hapsburgs vs. • Danish
• Dutch
• France
• Sweden
• Some German principalities (civil war - others fought with Hapsburgs)
Religion in the TYW
• Also religious war - Catholics vs. Protestants
• Peace of Augsburg• Did not recognize Calvinism
Treaty of Westphalia
• Ended the Thirty Years War
• Significant because…• IT ALSO ENDED
THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE!