... Europe from such taxes like Peter's pence and an annual tax on Christian families in England among other things. Another source of revenue, papal indulgences, would lead to the reformer Martin Luther beginning his campaign against the Latin church. The papal monarchy led to many abuses within the Church. Clergy and Bishops alike took advantage of their title and authority for ... their own personal gains. The common people saw the over bearing rule as unnecessary to their faith in God. The Church's wealth, power and corruption were evident to everyone. Martin Luther saw this and wanted ...

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... , they were the complete opposites. When looking at other thinkers of that time it is easy to see that education was something that people needed, but did not attain. In Martin Luther's, Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, He speaks of the way the Catholic Church cleverly surrounds them. In society the Church helped the people to be ... Church needed the people uneducated in order to control them, if the people could not read and interpret the bible, they could not be leaders, or question authority(337-353). John Calvin has similar points of view. In his address, The ...

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... the deleopment of music after this period. Two of his most important works are Orpheus and The coronation of Poppaea. One of the most famous poets during the Renaissance is John Milton. His classis master piece is Paradise Lost. In this poem Milton used great imagery and justified the ways of g-d to man. The work of Milton is studied in schools ... if they didn't respect the pope enough they would go to hell, after the Reformation people's views had changed and realized the Pope was not as great as had believed. Martin Luther was the first person to critisize the Roman catholic Church a...

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... for their own benefit. Also, many priests and monks were so poorly educated that they couldn't even perform their duties as a member of the clergy. Next, a strong Catholic man named Martin Luther began to call for reform of the church. He took stands against religious leaders who were using their status for things that they were not meant to be used ... formed his own religious group called Lutherans. This was one of the first protestant branches off of the Christian Church. Other reformers began their own group such as John Calvin and the Calvinists, and John Knox and the Presbyterians...

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... independence among his temporaries making them fit for republican rule Erasmus- expert in handling greek and latin. Translated the bible into latin. Criticized the church and wrote a book about it. Martin Luther- was a German monk of the H.R.E. he was a priest who maintained his P.H.D. in biblical works and was a teacher of theology at Witten B. University. Luther broke w/Rome b/c of his doctrine of ... was balance. This war was brought to an end with the treaty of Paris. France officially surrendered Canada and India to the British, affording them extraordinary field for commercial exp...

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