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RELIGIOUS WARS AND THE COUNTER-REFORMATION - Coggle Diagram
RELIGIOUS WARS AND THE COUNTER-REFORMATION
Relijious wars
Schmalkaldic League
Reformed
The Catholics considered the Lutherans Protestants
Various meetings such as Diet of Worms
In 1521, the Church excommunicated Luther
A civil war: Battle of Mühlberg in 1547
Peace of Augsburg was signed in 1555
In France, the wars between Catholics and Protestants
In the Low Countries, the Dutch War of Independence or Eighty Years
In the British Isles, the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1639-1651)
Consequences of religious division in Europe
Protestants and Catholics persecuted each other in the areas they dominated.
The Pope and the Emperor became less influential
THE COUNTER-REFORMATION
Council of Trent
The clarification of their teachings, internal reform and the repression of Protestantism
The clarification of their teachings
The dogmas and principles that the Protestants had rejected were maintained
Internal reform
Measures were taken to resolve internal corruption
The repression of Protestantism
The Inquisition was reinforced
The Catholics maintained their power over southern and central Europe
