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RELIGIOUS WARS AND THE COUNTER-REFORMATION - Coggle Diagram
RELIGIOUS WARS AND THE COUNTER-REFORMATION
THE COUNTER-REFORMATION
The Council of Trent established the Catholic Church’s course of action in three main areas
The repression of Protestantism
followers were considered heretics.
Index of forbidden books
Inquisition was reinforced
Internal reform
The Society of Jesus
gained importance
founded by Ignatius of Loyola
vowed obedience to the Pope
Measures were taken to resolve internal corruption
The clarification of their teachings
principles that the Protestants had rejected were maintained
RELIGIOUS WARS
Carlos I, the Catholic Monarchs' grandson and King of Spain, was appointed Emperor in 1519 .
was a devout Catholic and tried to mediate in this conflict to prevent the division of the Church
A civil war broke out and the Emperor and the Catholic German princes defeated the League at the Battle of Mühlberg in 1547.
France sided against the Emperor, resulting in a greater balance of military power.
consecuences of the peace sign
In France, the wars between Catholics and Protestants continued into the second half of the 16th century.
in the low countries was a rebellion against Spanish rule and a civil war between the Calvinists and Catholics.
In the British Isles were a series of conflicts among the Catholics
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.