Absolutism

2. their authority to rule came directly from god
5. In the early 1600s, this French bishop defended the theory of divine right and royal absolutism
7. Lope de Vega, one of Spain’s most famous figures, because he did lots of this.
8. Religious wars between the Catholic majority and French peasants. This tore France apart.
9. a form of government in which a ruler has complete authority over the government and the lives of the people he or she governs.
11. He became the ruler of both the Spanish and Habsburg empires in the early 1500s
12. This is what happened to the Spanish Empire after the defeat of the Spanish Armada.

1. A monarch who expanded Spanish influence, strengthened the Catholic church, and made his own power absolute.
3. this empire included the German states of the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Netherlands.
4. This happened against the Inquisition in the 1560s.
6. This person was one of the famous painters in this era. Known for making haunting religious pictures and striking portraits of Spanish nobles.
9. To end English attacks and subdue the Dutch, Philip prepared a huge ______, or fleet, to carry a Spanish invasion of England.
10. An isolated, somber palace outside Madrid that reflected the king's character.