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Explain why the Peasant's War broke out in 1524? (12marks)




(economical, religious, political)

Social:


poor harvests


downtrodden


Economical Issues:


Peasant's were depressed by taxes


Political:


Thomas Munzer - preacher, leader, believed in protestantism, fought in war


Religion:


Paying money to Church


Indulgences


tithes


corruption of abuses - printing press of Luther & Erasmus's work




Economical & religion link

How important was printing to the success of Lutheranism? (24 marks)


(printing press was successful)

Printing Press:


Spread of Luther's 95 Theses - published on 31st Oct 1517 on Wittenburg Church


Wood cuttings = pictures = people were unable to read and write & did not understand Latin


Pamphlets = Address to the Christian Nobility of theGerman Nation, The BabylonianCaptivity of the Church, and TheFreedom of a Christian (1520)

How important was printing to the success of Lutheranism? (24 marks) (printing press wasn't successful)

Other Factors:


Support of Princes - Philip of Hesse, Frederick the Wise


Weakness of Charles V


Luther Preaching


Humanism - popes corrupt

How important was Ignatius Loyola to the movement for Catholic Reform in the years 1540 - 1564? (24marks)

Yes:


Founder of new order Jesuits


Spiritual Exercises - rituals in order to get into it


Missionaries to North America and Far East


No:


Popes - reforming


Paul III sanctioned the Jesuits


Council of Trent - Tridentine Decrees


Secular rulers - Philip II of Spain

Explain why humanists criticized the Catholic church (12 marks)

Church was corrupt - abuses - nepotism, pluralism


Humanist Erasmus criticized church & papacy: The Praise of Folly - 1511- lack of respect of cardinals who were too much involvedwith making money and concerns of the world-Did not spare the Popes who claimed to be the representatives of Christ onEarth


Julius Exclusus - 1514 - criticized Pope Julius II - warrior Pope - Julius was excluded from heaven

How successful was the Council of Trent in reforming the Catholic Church?

Successful:


Paul III (reforming Pope) started the Council of Trent in 1538


At the Council of Trent they placed their beliefs what they were going to do to the document - Tridentine Decrees (1564)


Tridentine Decrees = reinforced the doctrines (7 sacraments), strengthened the papacy, worked alongside the monarchs


Highlights the Jesuits - Lamen and Salmeron


open minded - wanted to reform


Not Successful:


Slow process 1538 - 1564


Had more than one meeting


Didn't reality change their clerical views


didn't abolished abuses


Cara - didn't reform


Secular Rulers - Philip II of Spain = more influence


Jesuits

Explain why the Anabaptist's were persecuted?



Other religions - stronger


Two radical/extreme


Belief of having to be baptised again - died before baptised had to go to heaven


Upsets people - conservative - don't like change

How important was the work of the consistory to the success of the Reformation in Geneva in 1564

Consistory:


Discipline


Get everyone in line


excommunicate others


Fear - kept them calvinism


Other Factors:


Calvin - Ecclesiastical Ordinances (1541) - blue print, organising church


Institutes of Christian Religion - 1538


Working alongside he Council


John Knox

Explain why Luther was summoned to the Diet of Worms

He criticised indulgences - 95 Theses - 31 Oct 1517 - printing press - challenging of his beliefs - writing/preaching


The papacy could not control Luther:


- tried to exile - Papal bull (1519 - 1520)


- failed as he burned it


Leipzig Debate - 1519 - John Eck


Charles V - HRE - had to step in


Diet of Worms - 1521

How was the spread of the Lutheran Reformation in the years 1521 - 1555 due to Luther's preaching?

Luther:


Colloquy of Mollburg - 1527


- allowed Luther to preach his ideas against Zwingli


Preaching


- spread ideas as people couldn't read


- Good preacher - in order to produce his beliefs - appealing to others


Preached at Wittenburg



How was the spread of the Lutheran Reformation in the years 1521 - 1555 due to Luther's preaching?

Other Factors:


Peasant's War (1524 - 1525)


Weakness of Charles V - political - absence of Emperor, problems created forthe Emperor by the Turks, divisions between Emperor and Pope


Political backing for the Lutheran movement - e.g. Princes - Philip of Hesse


Augsburg (1526 - 1528)


Schmalkaldic League - formed by the Princes


Corruption of the Church


Other pamplets - Babalyonish of Captivity of Church


Printing press

Explain why many new orders developed within the Catholic Church in the early 16th Century before the 1540?

to stop the printing press


Popes needed to reform


- reforming popes - Paul III - developed the Jesuits


- Adrian VI


- Paul IV


Erasmus, Luther


- Julius Exclusus - 1514 - links to Popes


- criticised Catholic Church


- alerted that Catholic needed reform to people


Took criticisms personally leading to form the New Orders - Theatines, Ursulines, Capuchins

How important was the papacy in changing the Catholic Church in the years 1534 - 1564?

Popes:


Paul III


- started the Council of Trent in 1545


- published the Tridentine Decrees in 1564


- Sanctioned the Jesuits in 1540


- Recognised the importance of the New Orders e.g. Oratories of Divide Love


Contrast to the old Popes - Alexander VI, Julius II and Leo X - which shows their improvement


Paul IV


- dynamic


- infatuated with the purity of the doctrine


- attacked the abuses of the Church e.g. simony


- EstablishedIndex 1559 & encouraged Inquisition vs. heretics



How important was the papacy in changing the Catholic Church in the years 1534 - 1564?

Other Factors:


Jesuits


- founder by Ignatius Loyola


- missionaries to North America & Far East - Xavier


- spiritual exercises


- disciplined


New Orders


- Theatines


- Capuchin's


= independent


Council of Trent - over a long period of time


Reactive not preactive


- slow


- papal bull - excommunicate


Didn't change = doctrine


Secular Leaders


- Philip II of Spain


- Francis I


- Mary I