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| Charles I's huge empire which included the Holy Roman Empire and the Netherlands |
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| a famous painter during Spain's brilliant art and literature period |
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| French Protestants who fought the Catholic majority during religious wars |
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| the document that Henry IV issued when he granted the Huguenots religious toleration and other freedoms |
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| Louis XIV's royal palace; an incredible building |
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| a group that sought to purify the church of Catholic practices |
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| created by Parliament in 1689; ensured the superiority of Parliament over the monarchy...trying to take away power from the monarch |
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| signed in 1648; ended Ferdinand's war; declared France the winner |
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| War of the Austrian Succession |
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| an 8 year war that was sparked by Frederick II seizing Hapsburg provence of Silesia; won by Maria Theresa and her followers |
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| emerged as a new Protestant power in the 1600s; scattered lands across north Germany |
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| Peter's magnificent new capital city of Russian empire; located on the Baltic coast along the Neva River |
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