Banks began handling so much money, new techniques were developed to keep track of it. Double entry booking was a way of keeping track of everyone’s debts and bank balance. In 1500s to 1600s about 50 thousand women were killed for being witches. Caused by patriarchal beliefs (women are too weak to resist the devil) Catherine de Medici had thousands of Protestants killed at Henry of Navarre's wedding Holy Roman emperor Ferdinand 2nd shut down several lutheran churches in Bohemia. They then threw those officials out of a window.

Used this war as an excuse to fight the Habsburgs in Spain in order to assure that they would not rebound from the Protestant defeats the peace treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648. Marked the end of Europe's religious wars, amended the Augsburg agreement, and weakened the holy Roman emperor Aimed to reform the church and reconcile with Protestants. They cracked down on corruption and created a spiritual reawakening. A Protestant sect that believed only adults could make a free choice regarding religion; they also advocated pacifism, separation of church and state, and democratic church organization.

Aimed to reform the church and reconcile with Protestants. They cracked down on corruption and created a spiritual reawakening. Where they would put you if you broke the law. Your arms and legs are restrained and anyone in town can throw things at you. King of Denmark, who was Protestant, led attacks against the Catholics. War is transforming from a local conflict, to a tran-national war document that granted religious freedom to the Huguenots in France

Peace of Augsburg Defenestration of Prague Danish Phase (1625-1629) Council of Trent

Diet of Worms Massacre of Vassy Predestination Council of Trent