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Huldrych Zwingli me Luther and they talked about religion, for the most part they sgreed on the doctrine but they disagreed on the forms of worship
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Zwingli dies in a batttle between catholics and protestans. John Calvin carried on the work of the reformation in Switzerland.
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Pope paul the third was selected as the next pope of rome. The pope brought with him medival inquisition and various different torture techniques from the medival days
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Calvin formulated a complete and clear set of belifs , 'The Institutes of the Christian Religion." This strengthened Calvins followers against prosecution.
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Calvin moved to the city of Geneva. Sooon after the city was so influenced by Calvin it was tured into a thocracy. The new laws in Geneva were very strict and violation of the laws lead to violent punishment.
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Calvinism began to spread to france where it became known as Huguenots. Calvinists controlled one third of the country at one point.
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In 1545 Pope paul the third summoned church leaders to the italian city of Trent. The Council of Trent which met in three sessions from 1545-1563, defined official church doctrine with the same precision Calvin had used to define his faith.
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Pope Paul the fourth introuduced the Index of forbidden books. this were books written that wen tagainst the beliefs of the catholic church.
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The huguenots defended themselves in a series of violent wars with the catholics
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King Henery IV issued the Edict of Nantes which gave the Huguenots the freedom to worsjip and some political rights