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This rebellion broke out in France after the Thirty Years War, but quickly fizzled out because the nobles could not unify against the monarchy.

The concept of an indulgence can be found in multiple passages in the Christian Bible.

Human history is class history, class history involves a struggle. That struggle is best exemplified by a capitalistic system in which the employer exploits the worker for profit. Who posited this idea?

The collapse of the Ottoman Empire in the east created what we call a power vacuum. What do we mean?

What do we call the lower class uprising that took place in France during the mid-century revolutions?

In 1517, Albert Hohenzollern wanted to secure a bishopric for himself, but could not afford it. How did the pope instruct him to raise the money?

Europe’s population in 1500 primarily lived in cities.

Germany had a third of its population wiped out in the Thirty Years War

What was the name of the Prussian parliament that was dominated by liberals and blocked all of the proposals of Wilhelm I?

Who was Hohenzollern’s assistant?