The Reformation in Europe

Chapter 16

Prelude to Reformation

GUIDING QUESTIONS How did Christian humanism and Desiderius Erasmus pave the way for the Protestant Reformation in Europe?

The Ideas of Erasmus

Martin Luther

GUIDING QUESTIONS What role did Martin Luther and his ideas play in the Reformation?

Martin Luther and the 95 Theses

Protestantism in SwitzerlandGUIDING QUESTIONS Why did Calvinism become an important form of Protestantism by the mid-sixteenth century?

Reformation in England

GUIDING QUESTIONS What made the English Reformation different from the Reformation in the rest of Europe?

Anabaptists

GUIDING QUESTIONS Why did both Catholics and Protestants consider Anabaptists dangerous radicals?

Reformation and SocietyGUIDING QUESTIONS How did the Reformation affect European society?

Catholic Reformation

GUIDING QUESTIONS What prompted the Catholic Reformation during the sixteenth century?