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Zwingli, a very influencial religious leader, was killed in war between protestand and catholosism
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Pope Paul III ruled from 1534- 1549
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Calvin founded a protestant church and published the Institutes of Christian Religion
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Calvinism became the official religion of Geneva, and soon spread to France.
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the Council of Trent meets in the city of Trent in Italy in three sessions
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The religous conflict in Europe was dominated by the followers of a French-born reformer named John Calvin and a remarkable Catholic revival known as the Counter-Reformation
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Pope Paul IV established the Index of Forbidden Books
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The Huguenots defended themselves in a series of bloody civil wars with Catholics.
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King Henry IV issues the Eddict of Nantes, which gave Huguenots freedom of worship and some political rights.
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Calvinism churches were among the strongest of Protestant churches in Europe.