The Protestant Challenge, 1521-31 Flashcards
When was ‘Murdering, Thieving Hoards of Peasants’ published?
Late May 1525
When was ‘Address to the Christian Nobility’ published?
1520
What did Luther write in 1529 as a guidance for preachers?
‘Large Catechism’
What did Luther publish in 1529 for children, and what was it composed of?
‘Shorter Catechism’ - composed of carefully constructed questions and answers
Who said that Wittenberg “signalled the ability of Lutherans to submit to the clear authority of one leader, one church, one prince and one magistrate”?
Ulinka Rublack
How many cities had printing centres within the HRE by 1500?
60
How many broadsheets were printed between 1500 and 1526, of which Luther was the author of 20% of them?
7500
How many of Luther’s works were printed in German between 1518 and 1529?
80%
In what period were over 1000 editions of Luther’s works printed in Wittenberg, the key printing centre?
1516-1546
What happened in Basle the pressurised the town council to adopt the Reformation?
Influence of over 12 trade guilds
What percentage of the population lived in the countryside?
85%
Which Elector forbade the circulation of Luther’s works?
Elector Joachim of Brandenburg
Which Duke published a mandate against Luther’s teachings?
Duke Heinrich of Wolfenbuttel
Which Duke outlawed evangelical publications?
Duke George of Saxony
Who was eager to enforce the Edict of Worms within his territory?
Wilhelm IV of Bavaria
Who was unwilling to confiscate church properties because of the potentially hostile reaction of his nobles?
Landgrave Philip of Hesse
What did the princes declare at the Diet of Nuremberg (1522-23)?
They were willing to enforce the Edict of Worms but only to the extent that it did not provoke rebellion.
What emerged in 1526 to resist the Edict of Worms?
Defensive League of Torgau
How many princes and imperial cities signed the 1529 Protestation?
Six princes and fourteen imperial cities
When was the Diet of Worms?
January - May 1521
When was the Diet of Nuremberg?
November 1522 - February 1523
When was the first Diet of Speyer?
June - August 1526
When was the Second Diet of Speyer?
March - April 1529
What was the date of the second Diet of Speyer’s recess that banned the introduction of Zwinglianism?
22nd April 1529
When was the Protestation published, after the second Diet of Speyer?
19th July 1529
When was the Marburg Colloquy?
1st - 4th October 1529
When was the Diet of Augsburg?
1530
On what day within the Diet of Augsburg was the enforcement of the edict of Worms required?
22nd September 1530
When was the Schmalkaldic League formed?
1531
How many princes and cities signed the 1530/1 Confession of Augsburg?
Seven princes and two cities
Who drafted the Tetrapolitan Confession?
Jakob Sturm; Wolfgang Capito; Martin Bucer
When and what was the purpose of the Tetrapolitan Confession?
July 1530 - conciliatory compromise confession to prevent Protestant schism between Zwinglians and Lutherans
Which cities signed the Tetrapolitan Confession?
Strasbourg; Constance; Memmingen and Lindau
Which two princes favoured Luther due to the economic benefits of secularising Church property and the receipt of Church taxes?
Albrecht of Hohenzollern and Margrave Casimir of Brandenburg
How many times did Charles V say he visited Germany in his abdication speech?
9 times
When were the two Sieges of Vienna?
1529 and 1532
When was the first Habsburg-Valois war?
1521-26
When was the Revolt of the Comuneros?
16th April 1520 - 25th October 1521
Which three Lutheran-esque events was Charles V present at?
1521 Diet of Worms
1530 Diet of Augsburg
1541 Regensburg Colloquy
What was the ambiguous conclusion of the First Diet of Speyer?
“each one” should “live, govern, and carry himself as he hopes and trusts to answer it to God and His Imperial Majesty.”
What were the conciliatory elements of the Augsburg Confession?
Emphasised shared doctrine, like the Real Presence, but ignored controversial tenets, like Catholic purgatory or Lutheran Priesthood of All Believers.
What was Luther’s late-May 1525 publication?
‘Murdering, Thieving Hordes of Peasants’
Who siphoned funds from the indulgence campaign to pay for a bishopric? When?
Albrecht of Brandenburg acquired the archbishopric of Mainz in 1514 via simony
When was the Sack of Rome?
6th May 1627
When was Luther placed under the imperial ban?
May 1521
When was Luther ‘kidnapped’ and taken to Wartburg Castle for his own protection, by Frederick the Wise?
April 1521
What did Luther’s 1520 ‘Address to the German Nobility’ emphasise?
Princes’ own divine right
What year was Luther’s ‘On Secular Authority’ published?
1523
What did Luther’s 1523 ‘On Secular Authority’ stress?
The importance of obeying political rulers
What did Ulinka Ruback say about Wittenberg?
“signalled the ability of Lutherans to submit to the clear authority of one leader, one church, one prince and one magistrate”
Who were the two leaders of the Imperial Knights’ Revolt?
Franz von Sickenden and Ulrich von Hutten
Who had to be involved in the Imperial Knights Revolt’s military engagement?
Ferdinand I of Austria
After which event did the (future) leaders of the Imperial Knights’ Revolt (Franz von Sickengen and Ulrich von Hutten) offer Luther protection?
1521 Diet of Worms
When and on whom did the Imperial Knights’ Revolt leaders (Franz von Sickengen and Ulrich von Hutten) declare war? Why was this symbolic?
November 1522 - Elector Archbishop of Trier. Symbolic criticism of the Church’s political control of Germany.
What portion of Germany did the Church control, and through what?
1/5 through prince bishops
How many elector positions did the Church control?
3/7
What and when was the final battle of the Imperial Knights’ Revolt?
1523 Siege of Nanstein
How did the Imperial Knights’ Revolt leaders die, and when?
Both in 1523 - Franz von Sickenden shortly after the Siege of Nanstein, and Ulrich von Hutten from syphilis.
What and when was Ulrich von Hutten’s patient narrative of his experience with syphilis (thought to be one of the first)?
1519 - ‘On the French disease’
Who was the Lutheran who commanded the largest group of peasants in the Peasants’ War? How many did he lead, and at what battle?
Thomas Muntzer, 8000 peasants at the Battle of Frankenhausen
When was the closest thing to a Peasants’ War manifesto published? What was its name?
15th March 1525 - ‘The Twelve Articles of the Black Forest
Why was the 15th March 1525 ‘The twelve Articles of the Black Forest’ Lutheran in nature?
Echoed theology of sola scripture, sola fide and the Priesthood of All Believers
How many copies of the 15th March 1525 ‘The Twelve Articles of the Black Forest’ were sold?
25,000
How many parishes in Germany had a priest?
1/14
What did Luther say in his document advocating for the peasants, what was it called, and when was it published?
May 1525: ‘Admonition for Peace’. He blamed nobles for not being attentive to the needs of their peasants.
Why were the peasants involved in the Peasants’ Revolt likely not incentivised by Lutheranism?
Elitist movement, excluded the illiterate through emphasis on scripture
What % of the national population were literate?
5%
What was the literacy rates for German cities?
10-30%
What and when was the uprising that may have inspired the Peasants’ War?
Bunscuh Risings of 1493-1517
Who defeated the peasant armies of the Peasants’ War?
Swabian League - coalition of princes
How many people were involved in the Peasants’ War?
300,000
How many people were killed by the Swabian League, from battlefield casualties and subsequent reprisals
100,000
How did the Swabian League crushing the Peasants’ War benefit Luther’s movement?
Showed the nobles they could be independent from the Emperor and therefore encouraged their assertiveness
What did Luther say in his 1525 publications against the Peasants’ War (late May - ‘On the Murdering, Thieving Hordes of Peasants’; June/July - ‘An Open Letter on the Harsh Book Against the Peasants’)?
Echoed previous theology emphasising the status of princes as God’s stewards on Earth
What was Luther’s June/July 1525 publication?
‘An Open Letter on the Harsh Book Against the Peasants’
Who were the first three openly Lutheran princes, 1525/6?
Albrecht of Prussia; John the Constant; and Philip of Hesse.
When did the Swiss lands secure independence from the HRE?
1499
What did Zwingli misread?
Levels of rural Protestant support, and the reaction to his aggressive foreign policy
How did Zwingli alienate the Civic Christian Union?
With his economic blockade ‘compromise’
In a private letter to a friend (Bulinger), what did Zwingli warn about the economic blockade? What year was this?
1531 - worried a blockade would “displease” the “common folk” and “many friends would become enemies”.
What did Zwingli accuse Luther of, and in what work?
Accused Luther of “obstinate stubbornness” in ‘Amica Exegesis’
What was the date of Zwingli’s letter to Philip of Hesse, filled with flattery?
15th May 1525
Who wrote the work martyrising Zwingli after his death?
1536 - Oswald Myconius’ ‘Ulrich Zwingli; Life and Death’