protestant reformation summary Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/protestant-reformation-summary Mon, 05 Dec 2016 22:39:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 PROTESTANT REFORMATION 1517-1555 http://toursmaps.com/protestant-reformation-1517-1555.html http://toursmaps.com/protestant-reformation-1517-1555.html#respond Fri, 30 Dec 2016 12:59:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=228285 PROTESTANT REFORMATION (1517-1555) In 1517, Martin Luther’s 95 Theses sparked the Protestant Reformation in Germany. The shocking treatise resulted in Luther’s 1521 excommunication, but the Church’s condemnation of his work was not enough to prevent its influence. Before the decade’s end, the Holy Roman Empire was divided by the issue of reformation. Henry VIH’s divorce from Catherine of Aragon in 1534 and subsequent second marriage to Anne Boleyn severed England from the Roman Catholic Church. With the Act of Supremacy in 1534, Henry declared himself not only the head of state, but also head of the new Protestant church as

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