Renaissance Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 4. William: This man was a famous Hohenzollern monarch
  2. 6. what type of painting had more vivid colors?
  3. 9. fleet of warships
  4. 10. This was a new class of noble who could have hereditary estates.
  5. 11. Frederick Williams formed an alliance with who?
  6. 12. The printing press used what?
  7. 15. What was considered the new capital of Russia?
  8. 18. abnormal increase in currency resulting in sharp price rises
  9. 19. What city is an important European Power since the late 1300's?
  10. 21. lesser nobles
  11. 23. These were the nobles against whom Ivan IV acted.
  12. 24. system in which nations help keep peace and order
  13. 26. half _______ of all children during Peter the Great's time died.
  14. 27. the Council of Trent decided that only what language could be used for Mass?
  15. 29. these people were France's Protestants
  16. 31. The _____________ was a court run by the Catholic Church whose function was to guard Catholics from Protestant ideas.
  17. 32. these were the special agents of the crowns
  18. 33. What was Peter the Great's brother's name?
  19. 34. Peter the Great was ___ when he died.
  20. 36. form of government in which unlimited power is held by one person or group
  21. 38. Province seized by Frederick II
  22. 40. farmers with small landholdings
  23. 41. Jews who had converted to Christianity
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  1. 1. Princes supported Protestantism because it increased their _______.
  2. 2. sanction: a royal decree having the force of law
  3. 3. Protestant religion recognized by the Peace of Westphalia
  4. 5. this king was the most powerful of the Bourbon monarchs
  5. 7. When Peter the Great was 10 his brother, Ivan, was how old?
  6. 8. belief that a ruler derived power from God and was therefore responsible only to God
  7. 13. Where did Holland's wealth come from?
  8. 14. this man was Marie de Medici's adviser
  9. 16. How many men died in the building of St. Petersburg?
  10. 17. homeless people/ wanderers
  11. 19. Who started the Catholic Reformation?
  12. 20. Louis XIV was also known by what nickname?
  13. 22. Peter aroused the anger of the church by cutting off ________.
  14. 25. Michel de Montaigne developed the literary form of what?
  15. 28. this was Louis XIV's palace
  16. 30. Desiderius Erasmus argued that who had become too corrupt?
  17. 35. Townspeople supported Protestantism because it helped their ____________.
  18. 37. A ___ is a peasant laborer.
  19. 38. What was Peter the Great's step mother's name?
  20. 39. Mary I had 300 protestants burned at the stake for this crime