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The Protestant Reformation, Counter-Reformation, and European Wars of Religion

9th Grade · Social Studies · US-NY-SS

7 lessons

Goal

Explain how the Protestant and Catholic Reformations fragmented religious authority in Western Europe, sparked destructive political conflicts, and intensified the marginalization of Jewish communities.

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  1. Causes of the Reformation: Indulgences, Church Corruption, and ReformersUp next
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  3. Spread and Branching of Protestantism: Calvinism, Predestination, and AnglicanismNot started yet
  4. The Catholic Counter-Reformation: Council of Trent, Jesuits, and the InquisitionNot started yet
  5. Religious Wars in Europe: French Wars of Religion and the Thirty Years' WarNot started yet
  6. Religious Upheaval and the Marginalization of Jewish CommunitiesNot started yet
  7. Peace of Westphalia and the Fragmented Religious Map of EuropeYou are here
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us-ny9.9bNew York Social Studies Standards · 10th Grade

The Reformation challenged traditional religious authority, which prompted a counter reformation that led to a religiously fragmented Western Europe and political conflicts. This religious upheaval continued the marginalization of Jews in European society.