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Protestant Reformation
Protestant Reformation
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10th Grade
12/03/2013

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Martin Luther
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Started the Protestant Reformation by writing the 95 thesis
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Pope Leo X
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was building St. Peter’s Basilica and needed money so he hired Johann Tetzel to get money from indulgences.
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Johann Tetzel
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Monk hired to find ways to pay for St. Peter’s Basilica. He was selling indulgences which angered Martin Luther.
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Indulgences
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Giving the church money to forgive you for sins.
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95 Theses
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(1517) Martin Luther wrote 95 problems with the churhc and posted it on the church door at Wittenberg.
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Lutherans
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People who followed Luther’s ideas and became the first protestants
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Peace of Augsburg 1555
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German princes could decide which religion was practiced in their kingdom
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Anglican Church
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Protestant Church of England started by King Henry VIII
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Calvinism
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Protestant religion started by John Calvin who believed in Predestination and a strict lifestyle
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Edict of Nantes 1598
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Allowed freedom of worship and political rights in France.
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The Counter-Reformation 1530’s
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The Catholic Church’s response to the Protestant Reformation where they tried to stop people from leaving and get people to come back
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