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RELIGIOUS WARS AND THE COUNTER-REFORMATION - Coggle Diagram
RELIGIOUS WARS AND THE COUNTER-REFORMATION
RELIGIOUS WARS
In 1521, the Church excommunicated Luther and they tried to prosecute him.
Received help from German nobels
Diet of Worms didn't work
Luther and emran emperor formed Schamlkaldik League
Catholics defeated Protestants in the Battle of Mühlberg in 1547
The Peace of Augsburg
was signed in 1555,
wich didn't work either
This created various wars
In France, the wars between Catholics and Protestants continued into the second half of the 16th century
In the Low Countries, the Dutch War of Independence or Eighty Years' War (1568-1648) took place
In the British Isles, the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1639-1651) took place
Consequences of religious division in Europe
The Pope and the Emperor became less influential
The Protestant kings and nobles gained more power
THE COUNTER-REFORMATION
It was a religious, intellectual and political movement led by the Catholic Church against the Protestant Reformation
The Council of Trent established the Catholic Church’s course of action in three areas
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
Seminaries and universities were founded to improve the training priests received.
Bishops were more strictly controlled,
The sale of indulgences was prohibited
The religious orders were reformed
The repression of Protestantism, whose followers were considered heretics. The Inquisition was reinforced and an Index of forbidden books tha opposed the Catholic faith, was published
The Catholics maintained their power over southern and central Europe
