Good evening!

Welcome to the third installment of "The history of the Western World" as told by students who didn't get it quite right.

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Tonight: The Reformation!
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There were two sets of churches that consisted in Europe in 1500 AD. There was the secular church and the religious church. The secular church contained bishops and priests while the religious church dealt with nuns and monks who lived in convents and monasteries.
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The Protestant Reformation took off when Erasmus gave Luther the umph he needed to get things going. Luther's initial rejection of the ways of the Catholic Church influenced him to make suggestions by nailing his problems to a Catholic Church door.
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John Calvin was educated more than Luther and believed in "Pre-Destiny" which means everything that happens in already decided by God, in essence don't worry about it.
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Calvinism as the Protestant movement became to be called spread a lot farther than Lutheranism because Calvin was a lot neater and more organized than Luther so Protestantism was easier understood.
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The Catholic Reformation grew out of the Protestant Reformers.

The Reformation was important in creating nationalist conditions. Religion was no longer standard.

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That's all for tonight!

Tomorrow (Saturday): Tudor England!
Sunday: Stuart England!

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