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Martin Luther was outraged at the church, so he posted his arguments against indulgences on the door of a church and this action started protests across Rome.
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Martin Luther was excommunicated (removed from the church) early 1521 and the new pope later that year declared Luther an outlaw.
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Across Germany peasants revolted and wanted an end to serfdom. When their protests got too violent Luther denounced the protest and with his support the rebellion was quickly crushed.
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In 1527 Henry asked the Pope to annul his marriage with Catherine of Aragon. He wanted to mary Anne Boleyn because Catherine could only bear a girl and he needed a boy. This started a divide between him and the church.
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Luther's followers decided to make his ideas into its own religion and this was called the Protestant Church.
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King Henry VIII was angry at the church for not annuling his marriage and then passed this law which made him the sole ruler of the English church.
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A book about his views on religion and how he believes a protestant church should be run. This book was widely read by protestants.
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The Pope officially recognized this religous order which fought heresy against the christian faith.
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The city-state of Geneva asked Calvin to lead them and there he set up a Theocracy.
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The Pope created this council to go over and reaffirm christian ideas. They declared that the bible was not the only source of info. This council met on and off for about 20 years.
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When Henry dies his son, Edward, takes power. He was young at the time and since many of his advisers were Protestant he brought Protestant reforms to England.
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When Edward VI died his half-sister Mary came into power. She then started to attempt to turn England back to catholicism and away from protestant.
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This agreement allowed each prince to decide what religion would be followed in his lands. Most in northern germany chose lutheranism. The south mostly remained catholic.
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On this day Queen Mary died and Elizabeth came into power. She then had a compromise between catholic and protestant in the English church. Elizabeth ended the religous swings and finally unifyed England.
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By this time Rome was still very Christian and the Protestant church had not grown as much as expected