DBQ: The Protestant Reformation

The Protestant reformation caused a big stir in regards to the social order and discussions of Europe for centuries; although, it is important to remember that the reformation did not affect Europe the same way across the continent. In some areas, governments supported religious toleration as a means to maintain internal stability, while in some areas Protestants were marked as heretics and dispatched in various fashions. In Document 1, for example, the theologian discusses the behavior of his fellow Christians their unethical persecutions of those who do not believe as they do. Document 4 goes as far as to explicitly state an agenda that supports the mending of the relationships between Protestants and Catholics. While nobody was quite