Scotland to Geneva and Back Again ................................

62
Knox and Presbyterianism ..........................................................62 Becoming the Scottish National
Church ......................................63 The Fringe Groups of the Reformation ....................................64
The Anabaptists ........................................................................65
The Amish and the Quakers ......................................................66
The English Reformation Soap Opera ......................................67 The Torch is Passed in
England ..................................................68 I’m Henry VIII I Am ................................................................68 The
Reformation Parliament ......................................................70 The Church of
England ..............................................................71
Protestant, Catholic, and Protestant Again ................................72

5 The Catholic and Counter Reformations 75

Renewal and Reform ..................................................................76 Let’s Get Fired
Up ....................................................................77
Time for a Tune-Up? ................................................................78
Who’s Trent? ..............................................................................79 Reconcile?
Inconceivable ..............................................................79
Reformed or Reaffirmed? ............................................................80
Order, Order ................................................................................82 The Society of Jesus—No Girls
Allowed ......................................83 The Ursuline Order—No Boys Allowed ......................................84
Visions of Avila ..........................................................................84
Expect the Inquisition and the Index ..........................................85 Hunting for
Heretics ..................................................................85
Bad, Bad Books ..........................................................................86

Part 2: Might Makes Right, Right? (c.1450–1750) 89

6 God, Gold, and Glory 91
Europe Looks Beyond the Horizon ............................................91
Europeans Begin Overseas Exploration ......................................92 Cutting-Edge
Technology ............................................................93
Going East by Sailing West ........................................................95
What’s Your Motive? ..................................................................95
God ..........................................................................................96
Gold ..........................................................................................96
Glory ........................................................................................96
Guys Who Sailed the Ocean Blue ..............................................97 Columbus—Hero or
Hack? ........................................................98 The Conquistadors ....................................................................100 More
Who Explored ................................................................102 Going
Dutch ............................................................................103
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The Making of the Armada ......................................................104 The Booming

Economy ............................................................104
The Finest Fleet ......................................................................105

7 Our Religion Is Better Than Your Religion 107

The Habsburgs and the Valois ..................................................108
The Many Wars of Religion ....................................................110 War of the Three
Henrys ........................................................111
Paris Is Worth a Mass ..............................................................112
The Naughty Netherlands ........................................................113 The Rule of Philip II