Europe · Religion

Reformations and confessional conflict

1517-1648 CE · Central, northern and western Europe

Protestant reform movements, Catholic reform and state-building fractured western Christianity and reshaped education, worship, print and political allegiance.

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How the setting appeared

Parish churches, stripped or renewed interiors, schools, print shops, courts, fortified towns and refugee quarters reflected confessional change.

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How people lived

Households navigated new liturgies, marriage rules and schooling; dissenters, Jews, alleged witches and refugees faced uneven toleration or persecution.

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How people worked

Printers, clergy, teachers, soldiers, farmers and urban artisans carried reform and war, while taxation and requisition burdened civilians.

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Belief, ritual and worship

Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican, Anabaptist and renewed Catholic traditions developed alongside Orthodox Christianity, Judaism and Islam elsewhere in Europe.

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World-atlas stage: Oceanic empires
Region: Europe · Central, northern and western Europe
Languages and scripts: Latin; German; English; French; Dutch; Czech; Polish and other vernacular print languages
Important people: Martin Luther; Katharina von Bora; John Calvin; Teresa of Avila; Menno Simons
Events and changes: Publication of Luther's theses; Vernacular Bible printing; Council of Trent; French Wars of Religion; Thirty Years' War and Peace of Westphalia
Evidence confidence: High for institutions and conflicts; confessional adoption was negotiated locally and often changed over time.

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Historical geography

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The Reformation

https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/the-reformation

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Britain, Europe and Prehistory Collections and Galleries

https://www.britishmuseum.org/our-work/departments/britain-europe-and-prehistory

The British Museum

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