Chapter 13 Flashcards
Protestant ideas were appealing because
- Christian humanists wanted to have less elaborate ceremonies, which was what Luther strived to create
- encouraged literacy, so priests and monks wanted to join
- townspeople who envied church’s wealth and hated that the clergy had to pay taxes joined
radicals
- wanted religious believers to be separate from state
whichs states were radicals?
switzerland, germany, netherlands
who hated radicals, why?
prot and catholic, both believed church was essential part of leadership
upper-class women were influenced by the closing of convents and monastaries because
- that was the only position they really had available that wasn’t being a nun
- so marriage became the only occupation for them
Argula von Grumbach
- German noblewoman who supported Protestant ideas in print, but said that if no one spoke up, she would
16th century women could not be in the
clergy
Habsburg dynasty
illustrates effects of marriage, Frederick III and Eleonore of Portugal. Burgundy and Habsburg come together in power. 1452.
Why were German rulers swayed by Protestantism?
because of material considerations. Rejection of Roman Catholicism = legal confiscation of lands, monastaries, shrines. Many authorities became protestant to extend financial and political power to get independence from emperor.
The Holy Roman Empire in the 15th century was
just a bunch of loose cantons
The first battleground:
Switzerland, part of 13 loose cantons
Cause:
- some cantons remained Catholic, others became Protestant. Zwingli died in this war
- Zwingli died
Solution:
- treaty to allow each canton to determine its own religion, policy of neutrality
Imperial Diet 1530
- Charles V wanted to defend Catholicism
Augsburg Confession
- statement of faith
Charles reaction
- refused to accept it, ordered Protestants to go back to Catholic church and give up property
peoples’ reactions: german cities allied iliarily to fight back, Charles V was too weak to do so
Charles V wanted
- unity, defended church and empire, strength against territorial rulers
Solution
Peace of Augsburg 1555
- Charles and German princes agree to recognize Lutheranism
- political territory to decide to be Catholic or Lutheran
- northern/central Germany = Lutheran, south= roman Catholic
- princes established state churches to pick
Denmark and the Reformation
- smoothly, King Christian III, Wittenberg University spread ideas quickly
Northern Norway and Iceland and the Reformation
- no
Henry VIII influence on monastic life
- ended English monastic life, properties went to upper classes, dissolution of monastaries, nationalized the church
Thomas Cromwell influence
- chief minister, English Bible in every church
- created economic balance, centralized king’s household, surplus funds went into a liquid fund