Religious Reformation (Luther, Calvin and Protestants)

Author: (French) Oliver Christin (original author), translated by Huaxiu Lin
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Publishing Date: 2003-01-01
Features: In the early 16th century, humanists and theologians rose up and plunged into the wave of anti-clerical struggles. They opposed the abuses of power by the Catholic Church and advocated a return to the simpler and more modest church of the past. The pioneers of the religious struggle were Luther. A few years later, Calvin emerged. Their ideas spread almost throughout Europe, but later there was a significant split. The Catholic Church launched a frenzied counterattack and bloody suppression. The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre recorded the religious wars with a pen stained with blood, and it was not until the Edict of Nantes was issued in 1598 that the war finally ended. Oliver Christin introduces readers to how Europe was torn apart and left in ruins by the Reformation movement.