1450 To Around 1525: Major Changes In Germany

In 1517, Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on a Church in Germany and began a change Europe. Many people second guessed how the Catholic Church was practicing religious teachings and this grew in Germany. After years of battling for religious reforms, a new religion was formed named Lutheranism. Between 1524 and 1526, German peasants began to revolt the Holy Roman Empire. The peasant revolts were caused by greed and wanting to get rid of serfdom and corrupt leaders in the Holy Roman Empire, and both positive and negative responses were seen. Most positive responses were seen by peasants while most negative responses were shown by some religious leaders and Holy Roman Empire leaders.

The revolts’ were quite connected to new religious teachings, as prior to and during the revolts, the Protestant Reformation was taking hold, and with it the rise of Lutheranism in particular. Indeed, Leonhard von Eck, the Chancellor of Bavaria, in his report to Duke Ludwig of Bavaria (Document 1) would go so far as to state that the primary cause of the revolts was Lutheran teachings.

The rise of a new religion is often met with both praise and malice from the hierarchy of the civilization it springs from. The rise of Lutheranism affected all of Western Europe, but it’s most prominent impact was on the peasants and serfs with no where to turn in what is today Germany. As the growth of Lutheranism picked up speed at the beginning of the sixteenth century, peasants from all over the Germanic states turned to Lutheranism in search of salvation and escape from the corruption sweeping the Catholic Church. Lutheranism’s impact stretched far beyond its own boarders, instigating changes within the Catholic Church to combat Lutheranism. Through Lutheranism, the

The late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were a time of dramatic change in Germany, both religiously and politically. Religiously, the Protestant Reformation, driven by Luther’s ninety-five theses, challenged Catholicism. Politically, the Holy Roman Empire grew weaker whilst territorial states such as Ellwagen gained power. The changes within these political and religious institutions threatened the social structure, causing people to become insecure and vulnerable. Witch hunts were not common in Germany until around 1570, after the Council of Trent determined the aim to get rid of Protestantism in Germany.

From about 1450 to around 1525 major changes happened in Germany, specifically in the southern portion of the country. While the arguably most important event happened in 1476, there were many others in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries . The event that happened in 1476 took place in Niklashausen, which was in the Tauber River Valley. In the time that this event took place there was a hierarchy of power with the peasant way at the bottom, and the Roman Catholic clergy near the top. Everyone in those medieval times, whether educated or not, believed in some sort of supernatural force or god. A peasant by the name of Hans Boehm, or the Drummer as the clergy called him, started the 1476 event in Niklashausen. Han Boehm's pilgrimage

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One man that cause a lot of issues for the Holy Roman Empire during the Reformation was Martin Luther. For Example, when he hung his 95 theses in 1517. Luther’s 95 theses changed the way many people thought of the Church at the time. People began to question the role of the Church and the power of the Church after Luther and the Reformation. The Church was what gave the Holy Roman Empire their power and strength, with the people beginning to question the Church it broke up the power of the Holy Roman Empire.

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