While the stupendousness of the Renaissance began to ease, a myriad amount of complaints arouse towards against the church. These issues escalated so high to the point where a reform movement of the Roman Catholic Church being the Reformation needed to transpire; some of these issues included the clergy being less religious and incompetent of basic church teachings, the pope becoming too involved in politics, the massive wealth of the church, and their common method of raising money, selling indulgences. With the church’s influence begins to decline, this became a golden opportunity for scholars to call for a reform. A Dutch priest for one thing named Desiderius Erasmus opened the door for following reformers to cause a reform due to the fact
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Religious division for instance has become more significant, for people in Northern Europe and the 13 colonies were mostly protestant and Southern Europe while Southern Europe and America as well as Mexico followed conventional Catholic teachings. In addition, religious wars transpired as a result of the reformations; specifically, the Huguenots or French Protestants against the French Catholics. This war was started due to the fact that the king wanted to eliminate all Protestants in the country. Eventually, King Henry IV created the Edict of Nates which allowed Protestants to stay in certain parts of France and granted religious freedom to most of the country. Another important conflict that rose as a result of the reformation was one called the Thirty Years’ War. It involved many European countries that fought to defend their beliefs, and it came to an end with the Treaty of Westphalia which allowed rulers to decide what religion they want their country to be. Social effects was also a major topic that the reformation affected. People were granted a voice in their religion which also allowed them to have a say in their government. This resulted in people starting to govern themselves. Now that people were governing themselves, federalism or the sharing of power between local and central governments became more
Religious division for instance has become more significant, for people in Northern Europe and the 13 colonies were mostly protestant and Southern Europe while Southern Europe and America as well as Mexico followed conventional Catholic teachings. In addition, religious wars transpired as a result of the reformations; specifically, the Huguenots or French Protestants against the French Catholics. This war was started due to the fact that the king wanted to eliminate all Protestants in the country. Eventually, King Henry IV created the Edict of Nates which allowed Protestants to stay in certain parts of France and granted religious freedom to most of the country. Another important conflict that rose as a result of the reformation was one called the Thirty Years’ War. It involved many European countries that fought to defend their beliefs, and it came to an end with the Treaty of Westphalia which allowed rulers to decide what religion they want their country to be. Social effects was also a major topic that the reformation affected. People were granted a voice in their religion which also allowed them to have a say in their government. This resulted in people starting to govern themselves. Now that people were governing themselves, federalism or the sharing of power between local and central governments became more