Until the 16th century, local reform movements and peasant revolts were easily suppressed. Introduction As the Protestant Reformation emerged...
Protestant Reformation
The Bohemian Reformation had been underway since c.1380 but became more radicalized after 1416. Introduction The Hussite Wars (1419...
Women, still restricted, found they had more of a voice and greater opportunities than before under Catholicism....
Luther objected to this practice in sermons prior to 1517. Introduction The medieval indulgence was a writ...
Philip Melanchthon did not accept church doctrine or policy unquestioningly. Introduction Philip Melanchthon (l. 1497-1560) was a German...
The many divisions among Christians led to a series of wars and persecutions. Introduction As Protestantism spread,...
The period of the Reformation (roughly 1500-1700) witnessed an unprecedented wave of changes in religion, thought, society,...
To circumscribe the Reformation solely within the sphere of theological disputation is to mask the complexity of...
During the seismic religious changes of the 16th and 17th centuries, atrocities were committed and martyrs were...