HIST 1003 Lecture : Week 1 Notes Reformation
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Before martin luther (every history has a pre-history: humanism, print (& woodcut) revolutions, rebellions and papal weakness, who, what, when, where, why: Luther & the 95 theses (primary source: five w"s, 27. Those that grant indulgences preach only human doctrines : 6. The pope cannot remit any guilt except by declaring and showing that it has been remitted by god : 36. Any truly repentant christian has a right to full remission of penalty and guilt, even without indulgence letters. : 86. Criticizes indulgences used for building lavish st. peters basilica in rome: diet of worms, 1521, luther is excommunicated from the catholic church. 4-6, 8, 10, 11: economic rights, including common access to rivers, woods,etc. 7 & 9: oppression by lords & laws: most popular protestant group around 1560 is calvinism, 3 key ideas of calvinism: John calvin born 1509: predestination, good works/moral discipline, communal order, primary source: regulations in geneva, 1547.
