1. Reformation

2. The Printing Press  Johannes's Guttenberg- Invents the printing press. This will allow books and bible to be mass produced

3. Beginning  Christian Humanism- Goal was to Reform the Catholic Church.  Desiderius Erasmus: Wrote The Praise of Folly- book which criticized the Catholic Church

4. Catholic Church Problems issues-  Corruption with popes  Indulgences- ticket into heaven  Bible- only written in Latin  Inquisition- trial held by the church to find and try heretics, killed those who didn’t confess

5. Martin Luther  Believed in Justification by faith: people needed strong faith in God to reach heaven.  Ninety-five theses- a list of major problems with the Catholic church

6. Break in the Church  Luther was excommunicated (removed from church).  Edict of Worms- Church declared that Martin Luther was wrong about his ideas  Luther and his followers established Lutheran Churches (protestant)

7. Peasants Revolt  German Peasants revolted against their lords and asked Luther for support.  Luther supported the lords (needed money and leadership to convert)  Protestant churches spread through the Holy Roman Empire

8. Peace of Augsburg  Agreement formally accepted the division of Christianity in Germany.  German states were free to choose Catholicism or Lutheranism