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  2. 16th century - Wikipedia

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    The mercantilist doctrine encouraged the many intra-European wars of the period and arguably fueled European expansion and imperialism throughout the world until the 19th century or early 20th century. The Reformation in central and northern Europe gave a major blow to the authority of the papacy and the Catholic Church.

  3. List of conflicts in Europe - Wikipedia

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    8 16th century. 9 17th century. 10 18th century. 11 19th century. 12 20th century. 13 21st century. ... This is a list of conflicts in Europe ordered chronologically, ...

  4. Category:16th-century monarchs in Europe - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "16th-century monarchs in Europe" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  5. Reformation - Wikipedia

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    The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation and the European Reformation, [1] was a major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and the authority of the Catholic Church.

  6. European wars of religion - Wikipedia

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    The European wars of religion were a series of wars waged in Europe during the 16th, 17th and early 18th centuries. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Fought after the Protestant Reformation began in 1517, the wars disrupted the religious and political order in the Catholic countries of Europe, or Christendom .

  7. Renaissance - Wikipedia

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    Beginning in Italy, and spreading to the rest of Europe by the 16th century, its influence was felt in art, architecture, philosophy, literature, music, science, technology, politics, religion, and other aspects of intellectual inquiry. Renaissance scholars employed the humanist method in study, and searched for realism and human emotion in art.

  8. Category:16th century in Europe - Wikipedia

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    Years of the 16th century in Europe (135 C) / 16th-century disestablishments in Europe (26 C, 5 P) 16th-century establishments in Europe (53 C, 10 P) 0–9.

  9. List of state leaders in the 16th century - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of state leaders in the 16th century (1501–1600) AD, except for the leaders within the Holy Roman Empire, and the leaders within South Asia.. These polities are generally sovereign states, but excludes minor dependent territories, whose leaders can be found listed under territorial governors in the 16th century.