New+Monarchs+434+Witchcraft+475

**434-439: Politics and the State in the Renaissance**

 * 1) Beginning in the fifteenth century, rulers used aggressive methods to rebuild their governments and build centralized authority. What kinds of things did they do?


 * 1) What actions did Charles VII and Louis XI take in France to establish peace and build the wealth and authority of the monarchy?


 * 1) What did the Concordat of Bologna say? (You may have answered this on another recent assignment…)


 * 1) What power did the English Parliament have? How did English monarchs during this time sidestep Parliament


 * 1) What was Henry VII’s royal council?


 * 1) What was the Star Chamber? What methods did it use? How did it work to assert the authority of the monarchy?


 * 1) Why did the upper middle class (the gentry) support the Tudors so much?


 * 1) What were the goals of the reconquista in Spain?


 * 1) What actions did Ferdinand and Isabella take to reduce the power of the aristocracy?


 * 1) Describe the situation of Jews in Spain at this time.


 * 1) Who were the //conversos?// How was the Inquisition used against them?


 * 1) How can the Inquisition in Spain be seen as a political tool?


 * 1) What happened to Jews and Moors in Spain after Granada was conquered in 1492?

**475-477: The Great European Witch-Hunt**

 * 1) How was the increase in witchcraft persecution influenced by the Reformation?


 * 1) What was the view of witches that began in the later Middle Ages?


 * 1) What statistics/patterns are mentioned for witchcraft trials in the 1500s and 1600s?


 * 1) How was the witch hunt tied to misogyny (hatred of women)? What are some of the reasons why women were more often accused?


 * 1) Describe a typical witchcraft trial and hunt.


 * 1) What explanation is given as to why witchcraft trials began to fade in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?