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159 See also: Christopher Columbus reaches America 142–47 ■ The Treaty of Tordesillas 148–51 ■ The voyage of the Mayflower 172 – ...

160 MY CONSCIENCE IS CAPTIVE TO THE WORD OF GOD MARTIN LUTHER’S 95 THESES (1517) I n the autumn of 1517, Martin Luther, a monk a ...

161 See also: The Investiture Controversy 96–97 ■ The beginning of the Italian Renaissance 152–55 ■ The Defenestration of Prague ...

162 also Calvinists in France, where they were called Huguenots, although that country was split between Catholics and Protestan ...

163 The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, a white marble altarpiece and one of the masterpieces of High Roman Baroque, by Gian Lorenzo Be ...

HE BEGAN WAR IN BOHEMIA WHICH HE SUBJUGATED AND FORCED INTO HIS RELIGION THE DEFENESTRATION OF PRAGUE (1618) US_164-169_Defenest ...

HE BEGAN WAR IN BOHEMIA WHICH HE SUBJUGATED AND FORCED INTO HIS RELIGION THE DEFENESTRATION OF PRAGUE (1618) US_164-169_Defenest ...

166 The trio landed some 65 ft (20 m) below in a dung heap stacked against the castle walls. Known as the Defenestration of Prag ...

167 naval tactics and stormy weather foiled the attempt, and England remained independent. These religious differences proved pa ...

168 own candidate, the Protestant Frederick V, Elector Palatine, to rule in his stead. Frederick’s credentials as a Protestant w ...

169 back his lands in Germany, while the Spanish wanted their allies the Habsburgs in power so that they could cross Europe with ...

170 ROYALTY IS A REMEDY FOR THE SPIRIT OF REBELLION THE CONQUESTS OF AKBAR THE GREAT (1556) I n February 1556, Abu Akbar became ...

171 In this miniature painting, the Mughals are seen battling their Hindu enemies at Panipat. As later conquests added money, me ...

172 THEY CHERISHED A GREAT HOPE AND INWARD ZEAL THE VOYAGE OF THE MAYFLOWER ( 1620 ) IN CONTEXT FOCUS North American colonizatio ...

173 See also: Christopher Columbus reaches America 142–47 ■ The opening of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange 180–83 ■ The signing of ...

174 WE WILL CUT OFF HIS HEAD WITH THE CROWN UPON IT THE EXECUTION OF CHARLES I (1649) D uring the 1640s, England was plunged int ...

175 See also: The signing of the Magna Carta 100–01 ■ Martin Luther’s 95 theses 160–63 ■ The Defenestration of Prague 164–69 ■ T ...

176 THE VERY BEING OF THE PLANTATIONS DEPENDS UPON THE SUPPLY OF NEGRO SERVANTS THE FORMATION OF THE ROYAL AFRICAN COMPANY (1660 ...

177 See also: Christopher Columbus reaches America 142–47 ■ The Treaty of Tordesillas 148–51 ■ The Columbian Exchange 158–59 ■ T ...

178 Europeans to ship slaves from West Africa. By the 16th century, the Portugese were bringing slaves in huge numbers to Brazil ...