The Protestant Revolt

Although the Reformation swept through all of Western Europe, that was the most dramatic events of this great religious revolt took place in Germany. It was in Wittenberg, Saxony, that Martin Luther posted his list of propositions . 95 theses, in 1517 and he burned burned the papa bull in 1520. He was condemned by the Diet of Worms a year later. German nobles that were encouraged by Martin, put down the Peasants Revolt.
That was another great event that ocurred in 1529 in the Reformation and that was when the word 'protestant' was first used formally. In Germany the Diet of Speyer decreed that changes of religion must stop and that the authority of the Catholic church should be restored. The Lutheran minority in the Diet decided to sign a
But he felt like he needed their aid as he battled the Muslims who had advanced to the doors of Germany. Then he decided to fight in the Schmalkaldic Warthat ( 1546 - 1547 ). Although he defeated the Protestants, he felt like he couldn't turn back the movement of the Reformation. Peace treaties, however, followed the religious wars. The most important of these was the peace of Augsburg in 1555, by that treaty Charles V. was at last forced to grant to the ruler of each German state the right to choose either Catholicism or Lutheranism. The state's religion was still imposed by the ruler but the treaty gave a temporary religious peace to
The Swiss were influenced early by Huldrych Zwingli but like the French and Dutch they drew their Protestantism from a movementthat was led by John Calvin who was a generation later. From this the zealous work of John Knox grew. John brought Presbyterianism to Scotland. The English Reformation began in 1533 when Henry VII broke wiht the pope, The English Reformation began in 1533 when Henry VIII broke with the pope, who had refused to annul Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon. The introduction of Protestant doctrine in the Church of England did however not take place until 1549, during the reign of Edward