1. The Social and Political Consequences of the Reformation

2. Overview ● Review Defining Features of the Reformation ● Confusion & Popular Unrest ● Fear of Political Fragmentation ● Purification ● Women and the Reformation ● Theological Rigidity ● Cultural Differentiation ● Literacy & Censorship ● Conclusion

3. Religious Fragmentation ● Luther Challenge to Papal authority undermined the coherence of the divergent forms of Christianity that had developed during the High and Late Middle Ages ● As religious authority came under attack, numerous sects emerged: – HRE during the 1520s and 1530s – England during the 1640s and 1650s

4. Radical Sects ● 1520s and early 1530s, radical preacher proliferated throughout Germany; thousands of small sects ● One of the largest of these was the Melchiorites, located in the NW HRE town of Munster – Established a “heavenly Jerusalem” – Practiced polygamy – Burned all books except Bible – Abolished private property – Prepared for the immanent arrival of Jesus – Destroyed by coalition of Lutheran and Catholic forces

5. Confusion & Popular Unrest ● Following the Diet of Worms, various groups throughout Germany embraced the most radical notions of Luther's reforms, such as the priesthood of all believers, and began to interpret the Bible according to their own circumstances ● In cities and towns throughout the Empire, radical preacher and religious motivated crowds smashed icons and defiled churches ● In the summer of 1522, the imperial knights launched an attack on the Archbishop of Trier ● By 1524, peasants in SW Germany were organizing and printing pamphlets that echoed Luther's ideas; the following year they revolted against manorial lords

6. Calvinism: A movement toward purification ● Shortly after leaving Paris in 1534, John Calvin (with help from Thomas Platter) publishes his Institutes of the Christian Religion ● Calvins settles in Geneva in 1536 and opens a school ● Citizens of Geneva overthrow their Catholic overlord in early 1540s and establish Calvinist Church ● Calvin established committees to oversee public morality and to punish sinful behavior, such as dancing, public displays of affection ● Geneva developed a reputation as one of the cleanest and most Christian cities of Europe

7. Thomas Cromwell ● Involved in suppression of monasteries in 1520s ● Architect of Henry’s break with Rome: Act of supremacy (1534)

8. Edward, Prince of Wales 1539

9. Puritans

10. Calvinist Worship

12. Queen Elizabeth 1558-1603

13. James I ● Son of Mary Stuart ● Ruled England 1603-25 ● Wrote Concerning the Divine Right of Kings ● His favorite, the Duke of Buckingham undermined his popularity ● Engaged in ideological quarrel with Sir Edward Coke over prerogative courts

14. Charles I ● Maintained a lifelong devotion to the divine right of kings ● Even his advocates considered him less than brilliant and lacking people skills ●  By Van Dyck, 1635

15. Henrietta Maria Catholic Queen to Charles I

18. Archbishop William Laud 1633-45

20. Chapbooks, Pamphlets, Broadsides

21. What does Friedman mean that common people had a totemistic view of the world? How was this totemistic view of the world related to pamphlets?

22. WHAT IS DIVINE RETRIBUTION? How does Friedman connect it to the English Revolution? How likely is it that people believed in it?

23. Who was William Lily? A. A parliamentary astrologer who published pamphlets B. The Archbishop of Canterbury who was executed for his relationship with the King Charles I C. The leader of the parliamentary army D. Not sure

25. Papermaking, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris Inside a Printing Works, Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

26. The Gutenberg Bible 1455

28. Caxton’s Press in Westminster

29. First Item Printed in England 1476

30. Fleet Street, c. 1890