The key events of the protestant reformation Flashcards
What did Martin Luther do in 1517?
He began the protestant reformation
What did he do to a church?
He nailed 95 thesis to the door
Where in the Holy Roman Empire did he nail the 95 thesis’?
Wittenberg
In 1521 what press helped to spread Martin’s ideas?
Gutenberg press in Mainz
What happened from 1524-5?
German peasents war were made a reveloution but 100,000 of the protesters were killed and lost
What happened in 1534?
John Calvin made a new Protestant church that had greater damands than Martin Luther
What other thing happened in 1534?
Henry the VIII creates the Church Of England, splits off with the Roman Catholic Church, he does this to grant himself a divorce and later his son Edward creates the Anglican Church
What happened in 1545?
Important members of the Catholic Church meet in Trent,Italy to dicsuss a counter-reformation
Who turned England back to a Catholic Country from 1553-8?
Mary the I, the Pope was the head of the English Church all of the changes made by Edward the VI were removed and 300 Protestants were killed in order to stop the spread of Protestantism.
What happened in 1559?
Elizabeth the I changes the church back to a Protestant Church however she still kept some Catholic traditionds
Where did Calvinsim spread to from 1560-7?
Scotland,
What war started in 1562?
The French Wars Of Religeon
What was one of the reasons why witchcraft grew in 1563?
Religeos suspicsion between the English and Scottish
What happened in 1598?
The french was of reliegoen ended
What war happened from 1618-1648?
The thirty years war
