Reformation – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Thu, 28 Aug 2025 16:26:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Reformation – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Ancient and Medieval Dance, It’s Death during the Christian Reformation, and It’s Revival https://brewminate.com/ancient-and-medieval-dance-its-death-during-the-christian-reformation-and-its-revival/ Sun, 11 Apr 2021 18:57:05 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=150683 Despite opposition from the early church, dance was an integral part of Christian devotion for many centuries before

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]]> Medieval Factors That Set the Stage for the Renaissance https://brewminate.com/medieval-factors-that-set-the-stage-for-the-renaissance/ Fri, 28 Aug 2020 17:06:16 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=132912 Trade and commerce increased. Cities grew larger and wealthier. Newly wealthy merchants and bankers supported the growth of

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]]> The Beginning of the Reformation in the 16th Century https://brewminate.com/the-beginning-of-the-reformation-in-the-16th-century/ Sun, 09 Aug 2020 20:02:20 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=132896 This movement led to the start of many new Christian churches that broke away from the Catholic Church.

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]]> The Spread and Impact of the Reformation in 16th-Century Europe https://brewminate.com/the-spread-and-impact-of-the-reformation-in-16th-century-europe/ Sun, 12 Jul 2020 18:48:41 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=130540 The many divisions among Christians led to a series of wars and persecutions. Introduction As Protestantism spread, it

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]]> The English Reformation: Tradition and Change https://brewminate.com/the-english-reformation-tradition-and-change/ Sun, 04 Aug 2019 17:34:28 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=101389 Originally published by Newberry Digital Collections for the Classroom, 09.26.2017, Newberry Library, republished with permission for educational, non-commercial

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]]> The Dissolution of the Monasteries and the Democratization of Magic in Post-Reformation England https://brewminate.com/the-dissolution-of-the-monasteries-and-the-democratization-of-magic-in-post-reformation-england/ Sun, 21 Jul 2019 18:10:36 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=102398 How monks, friars and monastic sites became associated with magic in popular tradition, resulting in a lasting stereotype

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]]> Religious Change and Print Culture in the Reformation https://brewminate.com/religious-change-and-print-culture-in-the-reformation/ Sun, 07 Jul 2019 17:49:12 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=101406 The period of the Reformation (roughly 1500-1700) witnessed an unprecedented wave of changes in religion, thought, society, and

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]]> Luther’s Musical Legacy is the Reformation’s Unsung Achievement https://brewminate.com/luthers-musical-legacy-is-the-reformations-unsung-achievement/ Sun, 24 Feb 2019 18:40:19 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=87039 In the great reformer’s eyes, if you didn’t love a rousing tune you deserved only “the music of

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]]> Five of the Most Violent Moments of the Reformation https://brewminate.com/five-of-the-most-violent-moments-of-the-reformation/ Sun, 24 Feb 2019 18:39:51 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=87032 During the seismic religious changes of the 16th and 17th centuries, atrocities were committed and martyrs were made.

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]]> The Reformation and the Power of the Printed Word https://brewminate.com/the-reformation-and-the-power-of-the-printed-word/ Tue, 08 Jan 2019 18:29:58 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=79654 Did you know that a man named “John Gooseflesh” changed the world? Did you know that a man

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