Would You Characterize the Reformation and Counter-Reformation as Popular Movements

question 35

Essay

Would you characterize the Reformation and Counter-Reformation as popular movements or as the result of carefully orchestrated policies formulated by clerical and secular leaders? To what degree did the peoples of Europe make reform, and to what degree did figures of spiritual and temporal authority?

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Definitions:

Subsequent Arrests

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Commonwealth

A political community founded for the common good, often used to describe self-governing territorial units that share affiliations with other states.

Cultural Differences

Variations in the customs, values, beliefs, and practices of different cultures.

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