EURO ST 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Johann Tetzel, Hussite Wars, Philip Melanchthon
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The catholic church had been the dominant and uniting force in europe from the. Course notes fall of the roman empire (476 c. e. It brought order and stability throughout the medieval period. The catholic church was both a spiritual and political force. In the 14th century e. g. , there was major disputed between the papcy and the french king. Monasteries, like castles and walled towns, were important economic communities. Removed from the jurisdiction of the church. Sense had developed in many areas within the catholic church that it had become corrupt. Attempts at reform -> protest (reformation and protestants) - e. g. jan hus in the latter 15th century; also zwingli, calvin. Church of england (anglican) breaks from rome in 1534 (henry vii) Many humanists do not as far as luther (e. g. , his friend, then adversary, erasmus of rotterdam); others do, like the major thinker of both the reformation and humanism, melanchthon. A key feature was the selling of indulgences .
