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REFORMATION

The Protestant Reformation

MARTIN A COLLISION
How a single act of

defiance sparked a LUTHER’S COURSE WITH
wildfire of destruction DEFIANCE ROME
Luther posts his 95 Luther publishes and
and religious reform theses on the church circulates a damning
door in Wittenberg pamphlet in which he
that swept through in protest at some of discusses the seven
Europe and changed the Church’s practices, sacraments of the
including the sale of
Catholic Church, as well
the world forever indulgences as a means as openly criticising both
the Church and the Pope.
of raising money.
1517 1520

JOHN CALVIN DISSOLUTION OF THE THE ULTIMATE THE ACT OF

John Calvin publishes his MONASTERIES SACRIFICE SUPREMACY
version of reform, Institutes
of the Christian Religion. Took Thomas More Henry VIII instructs
The Catholic Church is now 4 YEARS refuses to Thomas Cromwell to
under attack from different accept Henry push through an act
to complete
factions of reformers with very as Head of the to make him Head of
differing A total of about Church and the Church in England.
376 William Tyndale broken.
views. is executed. All ties with Rome are
After monasteries is found guilty
being tied to of heresy
a stake, Tyndale For all monasteries for his bible
was strangled with a revenue of translation
before being
less than
burned per year£200 and burned
at the stake.
1536 1536 1535-6 1534

THE PEACE OF AUGSBURG PROTESTANTISM FRANCE AT WAR WITH ITSELF

This treaty ends conflict between the Holy COMES TO SCOTLAND The French Religious Wars
are actually
Roman Empire and the Schmalkaldic League conflicts EIGHT
of Lutheran Princes. Lutheranism is to be John Knox, a individual
tolerated and on track to becoming properly staunch follower
recognised in Europe. of Calvin, is
central to the As many as Huguenots
establishment of 4,000 are executed
the Presbyterian at one time
Church of Scotland. By the time the Edict of
England returns Nantes ends the conflict nearly
to Protestantism 4 MILLION
under Elizabeth I
following Mary I’s
Catholic reign.
are dead
1555 1559 1562-1598

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