Protestant Reformation Research Paper

In the sixteen century, a man named Martin Luther started one of the biggest reformation in the history of the world. This reformation was called “The Protestant Reformation”, which lasted from 1517-1521. The Protestant Reformation movement spread through Europe during the sixteenth century like wildfire, and once it started people began to stand up and take notice. Martin Luther is said to be the most influential voices within the movement. Martin Luther is the reason that religious revolutions were established. “The Twelve Articles of the Peasants of Swabia” detailed peasants’ complaints for the world, as to the reasoning of why God did not comply with the world. There was a continuation of the Protestant Reformation within the same century …show more content…
The Twelve Articles of the Peasants of Swabia document reviving from Martin Luther’s vision of the religious messages given by most popular preachers that was combined with injustices acted against the peasants. During the origin of the Peasant’s War in 1525, a major revolt was overlooked and intimidated within Germany. The peasants were offended and were seeking retaliation after hearing Martin Luther’s message against them. Although, having the upper hand in the beginning, the peasants were defeated in the end by the Swabian army due to their advanced army, technology, and weapons that the peasants didn’t have. An estimated 100,000 peasants were killed during the war and those surviving were left obligated to give their list in demands. Those such as, abolition of serfdom, liberty to choose their own pastors, abolition of death duties, relief from the lesser tithes, the right to hunt and fish, restriction of demands of landlords to their just feudal dues, restoration of enclosed common lands, and impartiality of the courts. Authority and power to choose the pastors and also the right to oust him if necessary is what the peasants believed that the future should consist of. In the peasants’ belief …show more content…
The establishment of Calvinism, rooting from reformer John Calvin, spread amongst the upper class in France. The new religion was the spark of controversy within the country and an opposing threat to the government. The government felt the religion of Catholics was already favored by the people was gradually being suppressed and persuaded to the conversion to Protestants. The marriage allegiance between Catholic Princess Marguerite and Protestant King Henry of Navarre was done to establish intention of peace between the two religions. However, it was when the unfortunate act of a Protestant attempting to assassinate a Catholic being that the massacre begins. The King out of fear of his religion’s people, ordered the killing of the Protestants, and it was from there that the killing spree begin across all of France, especially Paris all taking place on the day of August 24, 1572. It was the queen’s decision and her call as to rather or not the king of Navarre and the prince of Conde would live due to the fact they were protestants as well. A list was established by the queen with Coligny, the military and political leader of Huguenots, also known as the French Protestants, as the leading victim and several to follow suit. Once the massacre got hot there was no cooling off not even on command by King Charles IX himself, it continued to cover more brutal