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Lastly, both reformations were both in protest to the Church, they do differ on their reasoning’s, which brings me to their contrasts. The Protestant Reformation

Although he absolutely opposed Martin Luther and the entire protestant reformation, his actions were crucial in the spread of the reformation. When Emperor Charles V agreed to a revival of the imperial Supreme Court and the council of regency and promised to consult with a diet of the empire on all major domestic affairs that affected the empire, he helped the development of the reformation by preventing unilateral imperial action against the Germans. Overwhelmed by all the land he controlled and the Habsburg wars he was involved in, Charles V was not able to stop Luther from reforming the church. He eventually gave up and signed the Peace of Augsburg on September 25, 1555. The Peace of Augsburg was the legalization of Catholicism and Lutheranism in the country of Germany. As a result to this peace treaty, the protestant reformation was spread throughout Germany and began to

The Reformation was quite a time of change in Europe during the 16th century. Many people studying the Reformation and learning about what happened at this time make ask several different questions about it. The main question being “How did the Reformation remake Europe?” After studying the Reformation, there are many different topics that could be discussed. However, the main three that will be argued today about the remaking of Europe during the Reformation are the challenging of the medieval system, how Martin Luther started up the Reformation and the spread of several religions throughout Europe.

The data sets for problems 5 and 6 can be found through the Pearson Materials in the Student Textbook Resource Access link, listed under Academic Resources. The data is listed in the data file named Lesson 20 Exercise File 1. Answer Exercises 5 and 6 based on the following research problem:

2. Explain the role that each of the following played in the failure of England achieving absolutism, as well as the success of the French:

14. ’05 Compare and contrast the motives and actions of Martin Luther in the German states and King Henry VIII in England in bringing about religious change during the Reformation.

Time, said to be eternal, possess neither a beginning nor an end. Yet however there is a fixation on being able to measure it in years, months, days, hours, minutes and seconds. Trying to save time with new technology, manage time with multi-tasking activities. All in the hopes of giving meanings to the past, present and future. The past is able to been seen but not changed, today is in the present yet still unpredictable, and tomorrow is not guaranteed. If I Could Tell You by W. H. Auden is a villanelle much like others using rhyme, repetition, and meter, that revolve around the main idea of the continuity time and its unforeseeable nature.

In the void left by the collapse of the Roman Empire, the bishop of Rome grew even more in both power and prestige beginning in the sixth century and continuing to the reformation in the ninth century. It is the aim of this paper to explain how and why the papacy in Rome became the center of power of the medieval world, the factors contributing to this dominance over Western Europe, and the positive and negative ramifications of the position becoming so powerful. Through this paper you will discover how papacy was able to fill the vacuum of power left by the fall of an empire.

The Lutheran Reformation is particularly associated with the German territories and the pervasive personal influence of one charismatic individual Martin Luther. Luther’s concern was the doctrine of justification, which formed his central point of his religious thoughts. The Lutheran Reformation was initially an academic movement, concerned primarily with reforming the teaching of theology at the University of Wittenberg (McGrath 2007). The Lutheran began in 1822 this happen after Luther’s return to Wittenberg from his enforced isolation in Wartburg. Luther was condemned for “false doctrine” by the Diet of Worms in 1512 (Noll 2000).

The next major cause of the Protestant Reformation was the creation of Lutheranism and the Lutheran Church. The Lutheran Church changed the entire culture in Europe. It caused society as a whole to live more wholesome lives by cutting down on sinful acts and criminal offenses. The Church began to draw the line on what was acceptable and what was not. People began to live more holy lives. Since religion had so much to do with the government and politics at the time, it affected how governments had to be run because they could no longer pay off the Church to get their way. This caused a major political effect on the Catholic Church. Power struggles began to influence how rulers would deal with the Church. Luther’s

The so-called Protestant Reformation’s most credited catalyst was when a German monk nailed his “Ninety-Five Theses on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences” to the front door of Castle Church in Wittenberg on the eve of All Saints’ Day. This event, though Martin Luther’s previous letters of complaint were clearly documented and the theology argued, was a clear and sympathetic outcry against corrupt church officials, not unlike the Bible’s own Pharisees, and garnered a following that even Luther could not have predicted. He gave voice to those who raged against the corrupt practices of granting indulgences (the forgiveness of sins for money), simony (the buying and selling of church offices), and the fact that the Pope seemed to be acting as a politician first and foremost, which was not an opinion so much as fact, and the church was the largest landowner in Europe. Aside from the common people who were denied what the wealthier among them could buy in heaven, German Princes jumped at the

Questions like , from where does one get authority ? And if I am protestant do I obey christian authority ? Are what lead to Absolutism , kings believed that they shouldn’t have to divide authority with others ,the Reformation changed the way of thinking. This new way of thinking also led to a number of wars. An additional important impact on Europe happened in the 18th century by the Enlightened despots . The 18th century was the age of enlightenment and the age of reason. “It stressed reason, logic, criticism and freedom of thought over dogma, blind faith and superstition.” The Enlightened despots took up some of the ideas and seemed to be interested in improving the lives of their followers , but they still did not want to share their power , this meant that they only used the ideas that would make them stronger and this was not fully welcomed by the people . The French Revolutions was directly inspired by the new Enlightened ideals and this marked the peak of its influence but also the start of its

The reformation in England, that is the commencement of establishing a national protestant church, started during the reign of the Tudor’s. The English reformation caused a break from papal jurisdiction and new legislations for royal supremacy, which began a new era for the English State. This essay will evaluate to what extent the English Reformation was reformed from above for example Henry VIII, his close advisor Thomas Cromwell and parliament. Also through Henry VIII children, Edward, Mary and Elizabeth. As well as considering if the reformation needed popular support from below for it to be successful. Additionally, in the process address was the English Reformation the Crowns Reformation?

     In the story Perceval edited by Roger Sherman Loomis and Laura Hibbard Loomis, Perceval the main character has many adventures, in which he learns many lessons about life.

A political idea known as ‘respublica Christiana’ emerged in the Middle Ages, as the closest sovereign institution before the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. A joint arrangement, between the Sacerdotium, led by the Pope, and the Regnum, led by a designated emperor, ‘respublica Christiana’ was ‘universitas’ in that it was a unified authority devoted to Christian ‘redemption and salvation’. Although, this unification differs completely from the ‘societas’ notion of the sovereignty norm, in the Middle-Ages it was a bridge which helped