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Martin Luther Biography
Martin Luther was the leader of the reformation in Germany, which eventually inspired the rest of Europe to revolt. Luther called out the Catholic Church for contradicting the religion and valueing worldy posessions and coorupting he gov't. -
Henry the VIII's Wives
Henry the VIII needed a male heir to inherit the throne when he died, but none of the women he married were able to produce a male child, so between 1509 and 1547, the King beheaded/divorced 6 wives, created his own Christian denomination, and angered the Catholic Church. -
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Martin Luther VideoLuther's 95 Theses
Martin Luther, the leader of the protestant reformation, called out the Catholic Church by posting these 95 faults of the church on the door of a german Chuch. This was the first public display of protest against the church. -
VideoThe Reformation Ends
The Reformation started with Luther's 95 theses, the first public display of revolt. The Reformation ended with the treaty of Westphalia, giving individuals the freedom to change denominatons in some places. -
Henry's Wives
King Henry needed a male heir to inherit the throne, but his wife was unable to produce a male child. Catholisism didn't allow divorces, so Henry VIII created the Church of England, changing the national religion and developing the first official denomination. -
Ulrich Zwingli
Zwingli was one of the latest reformers. He died in 1531, before it was all over. His beliefe was that only the bible was the truth, and therefore many teachings of the Catholic clergymen where wrongful in their ways. He sparked to reformatio in Switzerland. -
Video John Calvin
John Calvin is the second most influential figure in reformation histroy behind Martin Luther. He was asked to help officialy reform many churches, and he is the father of Calvinism, or Protestant theology. He wrote books about reforming the church and reorded Christian principals. -
John Know
John Knox was crucial to the protestant reformation Scotland. He, like many other leaders of the reformation era, was schooled to be catholic, but disagreed with amny of their beliefes. He anti-catholic teachings soon gained hold, but when a knew ruler of England re-introduced Catholismism, he was forced to flee. -
Treaty of WestphaliaThe treaty ended the 80-years-war between Spain and Denmark, a war sparked by strict spanish enforecment of Catholisism. This treaty gave people in some areas more freedom to religously expand, developing different Christian denominations.
