Early Modern Europe: Reformation

Question 1

Spread of Protestantism statistics

Answer 1

• spread to 6 cities by 1526

- nearly 2 dozen by 1546

Question 2

Printing press statistics

Answer 2

-Between 1517 and 1520, Luther’s thirty publications sold well over 300,000 copies

Question 3

95 Theses

Answer 3

-Published in 1517

Question 4

Humanism reformation

Answer 4

• Erasmus translated new testament in 1516

- Emperor Sigismund tried to reform church in 1439, advocating secularisation of church property and clerical marriage

Question 5

Luther facts

Answer 5

• Sola Fide and Sola Scriptura
• Reduced the sacraments from 7 to 2
• of 1800 of Luther’s works printed before 1526, 40% were published sermins

Question 6

Calvin facts

Answer 6

• preached as many as 286 sermons a year

- 4000 sermons through his whole ministry

Question 7

Historians

Answer 7

• Elizabeth Eisenstein: Printing revolution
• Schilling and Reinhard argue confessionalisation created more unified society as people associated themselves with a particular type of Christianity

Question 8

Catholic reformation facts

Answer 8

-council of trent in 1545

Question 9

Reformaton wars

Answer 9

• Dutch revolt ending in 1648
• French wars of religion ending in 1598 with the Edict of Nantes
• Schmalkaldic war ending in 1555 with the Peace of Augsburg
• Thirty years’ war