1. The What, who, When, Where, and Why of the Reformation
Who are these guys, the Three Wise Men?

2. King Henry, left, and Pope Gregory VII, right.
During the Middle Ages, the famous conflict between Pope Gregory VII and King Henry IV proved that Popes had more power then Kings in Europe. During the Reformation this would change.

3. What? – Terms to know
Protestant Reformation = When people began to protest the corruption of the Catholic Church and seek reform (change) .
Protestants = New branch of Christianity; former Catholics that left the Church to protest corruption.
Indulgences = A document Catholic officials usually sold to poor Catholics; said all sins are forgiven, whether or not the person did good deeds.

5. Who? - Person #1, Martin Luther
Main leader of the Protestant Reformation
Former Catholic priest who protested the corruption of the Church, (indulgences)
Wrote “95 Theses” (95 problems with the Church)
Formed his own Christian religion called Lutheran
How did the Church respond to Luther?

6. Some of Martin Luther’s 95 Theses
#43 = “Christians are to be taught that he who gives to the poor or lends to the needy does better deeds than buying indulgences.”
#47 = “Christians are to be taught that the buying of indulgences is a matter of free will, and not of commandment.”
#72 = “He who goes against the lust and license of the indulgence-preachers, let him be blessed!”

7. Who? - Person #2, John Calvin
Began the Calvinist Church
Embraced the ideas of Luther
Believed in Predestination (it’s decided when you’re born if going to heaven or not.)

8. Who? – Person #3 – King Henry VIII
Father of Elizabeth I;
Brought Reformation to England
Left the Catholic Church in 1533
Pope wouldn’t grant him a divorce from his wife (illegal)
Later formed Church of England (Anglican Church)

9. The Fate of Henry VIII’s Six Wives
Wife #2 – Anne Boleyn (beheaded for adultery)
Wife #1 – Catherine of Aragon (divorced because she no longer could produce a male heir to the throne)
Wife #3 – Jane Seymour (died of natural causes)
Wife #4 – Anne of Cleaves (divorced; an arranged marriage to someone Henry
never loved.
Wife #6 – Catherine Parr (survived)
Wife #5 – Kathryn Howard (beheaded for adultery)

10. The Tudor Family Flow Chart
Henry VIII’s six wives: divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived
Henry VIII
The Tudor Family Flow Chart
Henry’s 1st daughter - Queen Mary “Bloody Mary”
Henry’s 2nd daughter - Queen Elizabeth I

11. When?
’s- Overlaps most of the Renaissance

12. Where? Europe Europe, mainly Germany and England
Question: Why did the Reformation NOT start in Italy?
Europe
Germany (aka Holy Roman Empire)

13. Why? – The Reasons
- Catholic Church was corrupt (sold indulgences, Church positions sold to highest bidder, some priests were illiterate)
- Church refused to change when reformers demanded it (ex: Bible still only in Latin, indulgences wouldn’t stop)

14. What: What if I wanted to stop the Corruption?
You would be excommunicated and labeled a heretic. Your consequence: burned at the stake.
Why didn’t the Church just kill Martin Luther?