Luther criticized the Catholic Church's practice of selling indulgences, which spread his ideas widely and attracted many followers, establishing Lutheranism as a new religious movement. When peasant revolts embraced Luther's calls for freedom but were violently crushed, it led some peasants to reject Luther. The Thirty Years' War ended with each German state able to decide its own religion. Henry VIII broke with the Pope to annul his marriage and establish himself as head of the Church of England, closing monasteries and increasing royal power. Elizabeth returned England to Protestantism under the Anglican Church.
Luther criticized the Catholic Church's practice of selling indulgences, which spread his ideas widely and attracted many followers, establishing Lutheranism as a new religious movement. When peasant revolts embraced Luther's calls for freedom but were violently crushed, it led some peasants to reject Luther. The Thirty Years' War ended with each German state able to decide its own religion. Henry VIII broke with the Pope to annul his marriage and establish himself as head of the Church of England, closing monasteries and increasing royal power. Elizabeth returned England to Protestantism under the Anglican Church.
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Answer key to world history patterns of interaction chapter 17 section 3 guided reading.
Luther criticized the Catholic Church's practice of selling indulgences, which spread his ideas widely and attracted many followers, establishing Lutheranism as a new religious movement. When peasant revolts embraced Luther's calls for freedom but were violently crushed, it led some peasants to reject Luther. The Thirty Years' War ended with each German state able to decide its own religion. Henry VIII broke with the Pope to annul his marriage and establish himself as head of the Church of England, closing monasteries and increasing royal power. Elizabeth returned England to Protestantism under the Anglican Church.
Luther criticized the Catholic Church's practice of selling indulgences, which spread his ideas widely and attracted many followers, establishing Lutheranism as a new religious movement. When peasant revolts embraced Luther's calls for freedom but were violently crushed, it led some peasants to reject Luther. The Thirty Years' War ended with each German state able to decide its own religion. Henry VIII broke with the Pope to annul his marriage and establish himself as head of the Church of England, closing monasteries and increasing royal power. Elizabeth returned England to Protestantism under the Anglican Church.
GUIDED READING A. Possible responses: 1. [causes] He attacked Tetzels selling of indulgences. [effects] Luthers words were spread all over Germany and attracted many followers. 2. [causes] The pope realized that Luther was a serious threat to papal authority. The emperor, a devout Catholic, also felt threatened. [effects] Luther was sheltered in Saxony, where he translated the New Testament into German. When he returned to Wittenberg, he found many of his ideas already in use. He and his followers had become a separate religious group called Lutherans. 3. [causes] They were excited by talk of Christian freedom and applied this idea to social freedom by demanding an end to serfdom. [effects] When the armies of the German princes (at Luthers request) crushed the revolt, killing thousands of people, many peasants rejected Luthers religious leadership. 4. [causes] The Holy Roman Emperor had fought a war against the German Protestant princes and defeated them. However, he couldnt force them back into the Catholic Church. [effects] The settlement ended the war and allowed the ruler of each German state to decide his states religion. 5. [causes] Henry VIII needed to annul his marriage to Catherine and remarry in order to have a male heir. When the pope would not agree to this, Henry called a Reformation Parliament to strip away the popes power in England. The Act of Supremacy completed Henrys break with the pope by making the king the head of Englands church. [effects] Henry closed all English monasteries and seized their wealth and land. This act increased royal power as well as the kings treasury. 6. [causes] Elizabeth returned England from Catholicism (under Queen Mary) to Protestantism and asked Parliament to set up a national church. [effects] The Anglican Church became the only legal church in England and people were required to attend its services. Elizabeth organized the church so that both Catholic moderates and Protestant moderates might accept it. B. Possible responses: indulgences: pardons that release one from performing a penalty for sins Lutheran: a religious group based on Luthers ideas and teachings Protestant: a Christian who does not belong to the Catholic Church annul: to set aside a marriage