1. The Protestant Reformation
World History Chapter 13 Section 3, pages

2. Essential Question:
How did revolts against the Roman Catholic Church affect northern European society?

3. Read page 237
EQ: How did revolts against the Roman Catholic Church affect northern European society?
What kind of language does Luther use to make his points?
What was Luther’s purpose in using such language?
What kind of challenges and changes were Northern Europeans facing before the Reformation?
What kind of Renaissance humanist ideas were spread by the printing press?
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4. Read page 238
EQ: How did revolts against the Roman Catholic Church affect northern European society?
Why did people begin to question the Church at this time?
What factors set the stage for the Protestant Reformation?
Take another look at the image at the top of the page and answer the next two questions.
According to Cranach, which of the religions shown is the “true religion”?
Find and list details in the painting that expresses the artist’s opinion.
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5. Read page 239
EQ: How did revolts against the Roman Catholic Church affect northern European society?
What were Luther’s main objections to the Catholic Church?
Why did Luther gain an immediate following?
What did the Church do when he refused to take back his statements?
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6. Read page 240
EQ: How did revolts against the Roman Catholic Church affect northern European society?
What are some of the beliefs that were at the heart of Luther’s teachings?
How did Luther’s teachings affect people and society in Northern Europe?
How did the Peasants’ Revolution finally reach a solution?
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7. Read page 241
EQ: How did revolts against the Roman Catholic Church affect northern European society?
Why did Calvinists believe that they were the “chosen people”?
What aspects of Calvinism might have appealed to people in a time of uncertainty?
How were Calvin’s ideas put into practice?
How might Luther have felt about the Calvinist theocracy in Geneva?
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