HIST 1003 Chapter : The Reformation Of The Church
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Breaking out of the mediterranean: avoiding ottoman threat, shift from mediterranean to atlantic. The wealth of spain: enormous income from spanish silver mines, silver used t break into asian luxury markets, charles v also lavishly supports the church, german princes in particular unhappy about high taxes and tithes. The state of christendom: in 1500: a corrupt church: church"s wealth, indulgences-selling to reduce/skip purgatory (money-raising scheme) 1514 city preacher of wittenberg(saxony: very intelligent and talent of arguing, luther"s anxieties, his own sinfulness. Bach: thy grace alone availeth , the diet of worms, 1521, luther refuses to recant: here i stand: i can do no other , declared an enemy of the the empire by charles v and turned over to. Tuesday, january 21, 2014: why luther was not burned at the stake, luther"s challenge to the church took place in saxony in 1517, importance of frederick the wise, elector of saxony, and the german princes.
