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​THE REFORMATION
Problems with the Catholic Church lead many to call for reform. In the end, the very foundations of the Western Church will split in a crisis that will forever change Christianity and the world.
KEY EVENTS
  • ​Teachings of John Wycliffe
  • Luther travels to Rome
  • Luther posts the 95 Theses
  • Luther translates the Bible
  • Teaching of John Calvin
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RISE AND REFORM: PROTESTANT AND CATHOLICS
Protestantism is on the rise.  In England, this rise will define a king and a nation that will battle for the survival of Protestantism, while the Catholic Church is forced to reform or lose more followers to the Reformation.
KEY EVENTS
  • ​Malleus Maleficarum published
  • Reign of Henry VIII
  • Act of Supremacy
  • Reign of Elizabeth I
  • Spanish Armada sets sail
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WARS OF RELIGION
Protestantism still struggles to survive through numerous wars that will reshape the political and religious landscape of Europe.
KEY EVENTS
  • ​Ottomans reach Vienna
  • French Civil War
  • Peace of Westphalia
  • English Civil War
  • Glorious Revolution
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SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT
The weakening of religious power allows science to advance in Europe in a wave of new discoveries while the Enlightenment challenges centuries-old beliefs and traditions that will rock the very foundations of society.
KEY EVENTS
  • ​Copernicus proposes a sun-centered universe
  • Francis bacon develops the scientific method
  • The Enlightenment takes root 
  • Social Sciences take hold
  • Birth of free-market economies
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