... 's movement sread to other well known cities such as Bern and Basel in fifteen twenty-eight and fifteen twenty-nine respectively. in october fifteen thirty-one, war erupted between the Swiss Protestant and Catholic cantons. Zurich's army was routed and Zwingli was found wounded on the battlefield. His enemy killed him, cut up his body, and burned the pieces. The ... Swiss war of fifteen thirty-one showed us what religious beliefs would lead to in the sixteenth century. The English Refomation is said to be a cause of King Henry VIII. King ... ...

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... from Catholicism. (New York Times; New York; Oct.30, 1999; Peter Steinfels) Another major branch of Protestantism emerged in the smaller country of Switzerland, where both German and French speaking Swiss were drawn to new religious leaders. " Ulrish Zwingli, ( 1485-1531) led northern Switzerland into the anti-Catholic Lutheran movement, and soon Zwingli's influence spread to French-speaking western Switzerland. In ... ...

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