Ulrich Zwingli And The Protestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation was a movement that spread across Europe throughout the 1500s and 1600s. Many talented preachers banded together to educate the common people about the injustices of the Catholic church and its teachings. One of these reformers was a man named Ulrich Zwingli. Ulrich Zwingli had an extremely well educated upbringing that would eventually aid him in developing his aversion to the Catholic church and changing churches throughout Zurich, Switzerland.
Ulrich Zwingli’s family was very fortunate in his formative years. His father was “a successful farmer and shepherd, as well as the chief magistrate of the district” (Lawson). This money earned by his family allowed him to receive a quality education, which would eventually …show more content…
These different areas of study began to teach him how to think like a reformer, forming views that would later help him distinguish the corruption of the Catholic church. From an early age, Zwingli proved to his family, teacher, and all those around him at he was much more intelligent than the average adolescent. Zwingli’s father saw this remarkable quality in his young son and transferred Zwingli to an equivalent of high school when he was only ten years old. When the time came to attend college, Zwingli attended universities in Basel and Vienna where he studied philosophy, astronomy, and physics. Soon after, he graduated with a both a bachelor's degree and a masters degree …show more content…
Staying true to the style of his life, his death was also very dramatic. At around 1531, Switzerland was divided into various cantons, which are essentially the equivalent to states. Because of the Reformation, a couple of these cantons became Protestant and the rest stayed Catholic. As tensions rose between the Protestant Church and the Catholic church, the Catholic cantons decided to amalgamate to tear down the Protestants. The Catholic cantons formed a union called the Five Cantons. The Five Cantons then made an alliance with Catholic Austria to serve a death penalty to anyone who broke off in a new sect without the permission of the Catholic church. This inevitably caused tensions to rise even further (“Ulrich Zwingli’s Death at
Ulrich Zwingli’s family was very fortunate in his formative years. His father was “a successful farmer and shepherd, as well as the chief magistrate of the district” (Lawson). This money earned by his family allowed him to receive a quality education, which would eventually …show more content…
These different areas of study began to teach him how to think like a reformer, forming views that would later help him distinguish the corruption of the Catholic church. From an early age, Zwingli proved to his family, teacher, and all those around him at he was much more intelligent than the average adolescent. Zwingli’s father saw this remarkable quality in his young son and transferred Zwingli to an equivalent of high school when he was only ten years old. When the time came to attend college, Zwingli attended universities in Basel and Vienna where he studied philosophy, astronomy, and physics. Soon after, he graduated with a both a bachelor's degree and a masters degree …show more content…
Staying true to the style of his life, his death was also very dramatic. At around 1531, Switzerland was divided into various cantons, which are essentially the equivalent to states. Because of the Reformation, a couple of these cantons became Protestant and the rest stayed Catholic. As tensions rose between the Protestant Church and the Catholic church, the Catholic cantons decided to amalgamate to tear down the Protestants. The Catholic cantons formed a union called the Five Cantons. The Five Cantons then made an alliance with Catholic Austria to serve a death penalty to anyone who broke off in a new sect without the permission of the Catholic church. This inevitably caused tensions to rise even further (“Ulrich Zwingli’s Death at