HUM 3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Christian Humanism, Indulgence, French Revolution
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Protestant reformation: protesting against the church, reform. Word reformation is infamously tied to christian humanism. Reformation movements about revival, rejecting the medieval church as a corrupt church. Wanted to reform the church through education. Laid the foundation of the reform movement. Takes a step further than erasmus had envisioned. England, thomas more beheaded for refusing to go along with the english reformation. Henry vii declared head of the protestant church. Mary tudor brought catholicism back to england, burnt protestants at the stake- Germany divided into 2 religious entities, catholic and protestant. St. bartholomew"s day massacre, french catholic slaughter protestants. German peasant wars- largest popular uprising in european history until french revolution. Protestant movement, stemmed from fundamental problems in the church that go much farther back. Church in disarray drove people away, ripening conditions for protest. Entered an augustinian monastery, became an ordained priest. 1510s erasmus" education, travel, writings led to his wide acknowledgement of the.
