MARS 1F90 Lecture Notes - Girolamo Savonarola, Indulgence, Ninety-Five Theses
18 Apr 2012
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Introduction: the radical revolution in europe in the 16th century: the protestant reformation. Florence: enormous changes in europe in the late 1400"s and early 1500"s, the voyages of discovery [before it they only thought there was one. [human effort = good works; god"s help = grace] Luther argues for the priesthood of all believers [the church was the only channel to salvation - could only read the bible and interpret it. Scripture alone: misinterpretation of luther"s theology, the german peasantry and the peasant revolt (1524-1525) [believed they were allowed to overthrow the nobility since everyone was equal in god"s eyes - became a political idea that everyone had political freedom: luther"s response [he appealed to the german princes, because. 4: john calvin, the founder of the 3rd major protestant reform movement of the 16th cent, studies theology but switches to law, he flees to switzerland and completes the first edition of his institutes of the.
