RELIGIOUS WARS AND CONFLICT IN GERMANY AND ITALY

By: Alon Klieman and Paulo Gatchalian

GERMANY

• 30 years war was from 1618-1648

• It began in Bohemia (Czech Republic)

• Fought between Protestants and Catholics

• Protestant princes in Germany resisted the rule of Catholic Monarchs

GERMANY CONTINUED

• Peasants war began in Germany (1525)

• Started because Luther showed peasants how unhappy they were

• They revolted against the nobility

• 70,000-100,000 peasants were killed

ITALY• Controlled by Spain (Charles V)

• Italy was mostly Catholic, but had some Protestants

• 1545- leader of the Catholic Church got together in Northern Italy City of Trent

• To talk about the corruptions and how to gain more power against the Protestants

• After the Council of Trent more holy orders were established by the Catholic Church

ITALY CONTINUED

• Pope Paul III gave approval to Ignatius of Loyola

• Ignatius of Loyola is the founder of the Jesuits (Society of Jesus)

• The Jesuits is a Catholic Holy Order

• There mission is to reconvert other small and large heretics

• Another Holy Order is called The Roman Inquisition establish in 1542

• There goal was to suppress Lutheranism (Another Catholic heresy)

WORKS CITED • Carr, Simonetta. "The Italian Reformation Lost Dream or New Opportunity?" 

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• Horstein, Scott. "Italy, the Renaissance, and Religious Conflict." Hunting Ton      Theatre. Huntington Theatre Company, n.d. Web. 3 Nov. 2014.      <http://www.huntingtontheatre.org/articles/      Italy-the-Renaissance-and-Religious-Conflict/>.

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Italy.svg

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Germany.svg