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Religious Intolerance in Europe

Instructions: Put the following instances of religious intolerance and violence in Europe
in chronological order. Rank them in the order they occurred from first to last and include
the year of each event at the end of the event description.

 St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre in France leads to the death of tens of thousands
of Protestants by Catholic mobs. ______

 Mary I of England has former Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer burned

at the stake. ______

 King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain issue the Edict of Expulsion, forcing
all of the Jews in Spain to either leave the country or convert to Christianity.
______

 Oliver Cromwell and his army attack the town of Drogheda in Ireland, killing
thousands of civilians, including many Catholic priests. ______

 King Edward I of England expels all Jews from the country and orders their
property to be confiscated. ______

 Galileo Galilei dies under house arrest after being forced by the Roman
Inquisition to publicly renounce his scientific beliefs, which later proved to be
correct. ______

 Louis XIV revokes the Edict of Nantes, effectively making Protestantism illegal
in France. ______

 William Tyndale is burned at the stake as punishment for translating the Bible
into English. ______

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Answer Key

5 St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre in France leads to the death of tens of thousands
of Protestants by Catholic mobs. 1572

4 Mary I of England has former Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer burned

at the stake. 1556

2 King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain issue the Edict of Expulsion, forcing
all of the Jews in Spain to either leave the country or convert to Christianity. 1492

7 Oliver Cromwell and his army attack the town of Drogheda in Ireland, killing
thousands of civilians, including many Catholic priests. 1649

1 King Edward I of England expels all Jews from the country and orders their
property to be confiscated. 1290

6 Galileo Galilei dies under house arrest after being forced by the Roman Inquisition
to publicly renounce his scientific beliefs, which later proved to be correct. 1642

8 Louis XIV revokes the Edict of Nantes, effectively making Protestantism illegal in
France. 1685

3 William Tyndale is burned at the stake as punishment for translating the Bible into
English. 1536

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