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    visiting his home town. Luther and thought the Catholic Church was unjustly taking people’s money so that they may get closer to God‚ and so the Protestant Reformation began. (“How Protestantism began”‚ 2008) The Protestant Reformation was the 16th-century schism within Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther‚ John Calvin and other early Protestants. (“Martin Luther” (n.d.)) The result was Luther’s exile and the formation of a new form of Christianity. When he was brought to the Diet of Worms

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    Abigail Sullivan   Mr. Petze   WHAP D   24 December 2014    Chapter 16: Transformations in Europe 1550­1750 A.D.     1.) Describe what happened during the Protestant Reformation. Include a  discussion of Martin Luther.                     The Protestant Reformation was caused due to a man named Martin Luther not  agreeing with Pope Leo’s new technique in the Protestant church. Pope Leo was  creating a new technique called “indulgences” that would raise funds for the basilica.  “Indulgences” would act as a ty

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    AP European History Study Guide Pre-Renaissance * Middle Ages: began around 500 AD and ended around 1450 AD * Early Middle Ages * Roman Empire fell‚ Europe is turbulent and dark * Europe is being created by Germanic‚ Roman‚ and Church * Church * power founded in papacy * was political as well as spiritual * bishop of Rome lead Church * began the Pope system * Pope>Archbishops>Bishops>Priests * to go to heaven‚ followers had to

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    humanist movement of the European Renaissance the Protestant Reformation transformed Western Culture by developing a successful printing press‚ revoking traditional methods and ideas‚ and strengthening forces through intellectual reforms. The upheavals of the Catholic and Protestant reformations sparked wars of religion in Europe until the mid-1600s. At that time‚ issues of religion began to give way to issues of national power. Catholic and Protestant rulers often made decisions based on political

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    Saint John The Baptist There are countless portrayals of John the Baptist and the representation of his relationship to Jesus and to the Church. John has been one of the saints most frequently appearing in Christian art. The Baptism of Christ was one of the earliest scenes from the life of Christ to be frequently depicted in Early Christian art. John’s tall‚ thin‚ and bearded figure is already established and recognizable by the 5th century. In the Gospel of Luke‚ we are first introduced to him

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    having been built up by the renaissance period as well other historical spells like the protestant reformation as well as the famous scientific revolution that took place in parts of the ancient Greek empire. A description of the western culture cannot therefore be termed as complete without making detailed mention of such other historical event as were witnessed during those various periods. The protestant reformation was a period of religious schism that took toll within the western Christianity and

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    Mike ****** December 10‚ 2010 LUTHER RELEASED: October 30‚ 2003 GENRE: Drama DIRECTED BY: Eric Till SCREENWRITERS: Camille Thomasson & Bart Gavigan MUSIC: Richard Harvey MAIN ACTORS: Joseph Fiennes (MARTIN LUTHER)‚ Alfred Molina (JOHN TETZEL)‚ Uwe Ochsenknecht (POPE LEO X)‚ Marco Hofschneider (ULRICK)‚ Benjamin Sadler (SPALATIN)‚ Claire Cox (KATHARIN VON BORA)‚ Gene Reed (FREDERICK OF SAXONY) The film‚ Luther‚ is set

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    There were many consequences to the printing press; including the spread of the protestant reformation and the growth of more accurate maps. However‚ the most important of them would be the creation of affordable books. When the printing press spread through Europe‚ Martin Luther heard about it‚ and when he did he got a hold of one of them and printed the 95 theses which was a document used to place on the church and argued and exposed the flaw of the catholic church. After this happened‚ many

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    - Martin Luther‚ 1483 to 1546‚ and he was from Germany. Protestant reformation would not have happened without him. The protestant reformation began in 1517; this fits in with the Northern Renaissance. This reformation was part of the Northern Renaissance‚ which was a more religiously oriented movement than was the Italian Renaissance. The reformation was also involved with an increase in education and literacy. Education was growing and by 1500s‚ there were more literate people in Europe than there

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    Archbishop Martin Luther’s courage and bravery on Halloween in 1517 sparked the protestant reformation and ultimately a hope for the people of Europe to finally have a voice and break from the Catholic church. The courage and bravery that Martin Luther showed in his letter to the Archbishop sparked the protestant reformation and gave the peasants of Europe a hope to break from the Catholic church. The protestant reformation was the people of Europe that were protesting the Roman Catholic church and

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