Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Causes of the
Reformation
- Long-term causes
- The decline of the church
- Strong Kings took control
- Prestige and power of chruch was lessened
- The Black Death
- Credibility and reputation damaged
- Modern period
- Voyages to explore
- External influences
- Church being doubted
- Renaissance
- printing press
- Spreading information without chruch
- Lollards
- Declared to follow the bible
- John Wycliffe
- Pope isn't Christ's representative
- Short-term causes
- Martin Luther
- Questioned the pope
- defied emperor and pope
- listed 95 Theses on the church door
- Hid at Wartburg Castle
- Several supporters