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*RELIGIOUS WARS AND THE COUNTER REFORMATION image - Coggle Diagram

- - - - they also tried to prosecute him but he received protection from the German nobles.
  - - - He was a devout Catholic and tried to mediate in this conflict to prevent the division of the Church.
    - - no agreement was reached
      - The Catholics considered the Lutherans Protestants
    - - Schmalkaldic League
        
        the alliance between the Protestant German princes and Luther
      - In one side, There was the Emperor who supported the Pope and the Churchand , and on the other there was the Schmalkaldic League
        
        because of the conflict between both a civil war broke out
        
        the Battle of Mühlberg in 1547
        
        in 1555, the Emperor granted the Protestant princes religious freedom.
    - - Low Countries
        
        the Dutch War of Independence or Eighty Years' War
      - British Isles
        
        the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1639-1651) took place. These were a series of conflicts among the Catholics,Anglicans and Puritans
      - France
        
        the wars between Catholics and Protestants continued into the second half of the 16th century.
- - - - internal reform
        
        Measures were taken to resolve internal corruption
        
        Seminaries and universities were founded to improve the training priests received
        
        Bishops were strictly controlled
        
        sale of indulgences was prohibited and the religious orders were reformed
        
        The Society of Jesus gained importance
        
        The Jesuits became the responsible for spreading the teachings of the Counter-Reformation
      - the repression of Protestantism
        
        the followers were considered heretics
        
        The Inquisition was reinforced
        
        an Index of forbidden books, which opposed the Catholic faith, was published.
      - the clarification of their teachings
        
        The dogmas and principles that the Protestants had rejected were maintained
        
        carrying out good deeds to achieve salvation
        
        recognising the Pope as the highest authority
        
        the seven sacraments
        
        venerating the Virgin Mary and the saints
        
        the need for priests to interpret the Bible to avoid deviations.
      - The Catholics maintained their power over southern and central Europe