How did Europe change during the Renaissance

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How did Europe change during the Renaissance?

• Migration to cities
• Less dependence on farming
• Work for wages
• New foods
• More books available
• More people learned to read

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The Reformation

• Movement in Europe to reform Christianity in the
  1500s

3
Martin Luther

• German monk
• Disagreed with practices of the Catholic church

4
Martin Luther

• Believed that the way to heaven was simply to
  have faith in God Bible as only Christian
  authority
• Followers of ML called Protestants because they
  protested against the Catholic church
• Broke off from the Catholic church and founded
  the Lutheran church

5
John Calvin

• Many ideas similar to Luther
• Bible most important element of Christianity
• God has already decided who was going to heaven
• Practice self-control during life

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King Henry VIII of England

• Had laws passed to create the Church of England

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Counter-Reformation

• Attempt by the
• Catholic church,
• following
• Reformation, to
• return the
• Church to an
• emphasis on
• spiritual matters.

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Religious wars in Europe

• Led to.
• Appearance of many different churches
• Increased emphasis on education
• Increased power of national governments

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TICKET OUT THE DOOR.

• How did life
• in Europe
• change after
• the religious
• wars of
• the1500s?

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How did life in Europe change after the religious
wars of the 1500s?

• Many different churches
• Increased emphasis on education
• Increased power of national governments