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THE DIET OF WORMS HENRY VIII A QUESTION OF NUMBERS

Summoned to answer questions before ATTACKS challenges the7 sets out 5 principles of
Calvin
the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, Martin Luther sacraments of theology
the Church
Luther’s actions are deemed unacceptable LUTHER
and he is condemned as a heretic. He is The Augsburg
In answer to Luther’s attack Confession consists of
excommunicated by the Pope.
on the Church, Henry
writes his own pamphlet 28 ARTICLES
1521
Septem Sacramentorum,
— Frederick
defending the Catholic the Wise keeps
Church. A grateful Pope Luther inside of Lutheran Doctrine
Wartburg Castle, presented to the
gives Henry the title
hoping this will lower Holy Roman Emperor
‘Defender of the Faith’. his popularity Charles V
1521 1521 1517-1536

HENRY EXCOMMUNICATED TYNDALE’S BIBLE PUBLISHED ANABAPTIST

Following his In direct conflict with MOVEMENT IS BORN
divorce from the Catholic Church’s
Catherine of practice of services in Inspired by Luther’s dissent, the
Aragon, Henry Latin, William Tyndale Swiss reformer Ulrich Zwingli forms
VIII begins his publishes the first the Anabaptists, denouncing the
own path of English translation. doctrine of baptism in children and
action in direct Those able to advocating
conflict with the read can now for adult
Pope. Despite question 1529 — Luther baptisms
being called a the and Zwingli meet when they
to try and unify are old
‘Defender of wording Protestants, but
the Faith’, he is and the cannot agree their enough to
excommunicated Church’s differences confess
by the Pope. authority. their sins.

1533 1526 1525

THE EDICT OF NANTES THE THIRTY YEARS’ WAR THIRTY YEARS’ WAR ENDS

Following the persecution of the Protestant The war actually lasts The Treaty of Westphalia ends a destructive
Huguenots, King Henry IV of France grants 29 YEARS, 11 MONTHS, conflict between Catholics and Protestants
them religious toleration. It brings civil order but 3 WEEKS & 1 DAY from across Europe — mainly in Germany.
is revoked by Henry’s grandson, Louis, in 1685. It changes the European map and religious
Between25-40% of the German tolerance forever.
population are killed
1560 –
The Geneva The Holy Roman Empire
Bible is the first to consists of approximately
be mechanically
printed and mass-
produced 1,000

semi-autonomous states
1598 1618-1648 1648

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