QUESTIONS
Chp. 13 Reformation
The following questions are different from your TLQs. TLQs are big picture questions that require synthesis and analysis. The following questions will be used to monitor your reading through the chapter. I will be assigning specific questions on specific days. You are welcome to work ahead but you must have the questions done the day they are requested.
1. How did Christian humanism challenge the traditional power of the Catholic Church?
2. How did the printing press help spread humanist ideas to northern Europe?
3. Explain how Erasmus used Renaissance learning to push for religious reform.
4. What criticisms did Martin Luther use against the Church?
5. How did Martin Luther’s reformation lead to a new interpretation of Christian doctrine and practice?
6. How did Protestant reformers use the printing press, and how did this lead to change in religion?
7. How did monarchs and princes gain the right to determine the religion of their subjects? (hint: Peace of Augsburg)
8. Why were Hapsburg rulers unable to restore Catholic unity across Europe?
9. How did religious radicals such as the Anabaptists change Christian doctrine and practice?
10. Explain how the English Tudor family used religious reform to gain greater control over religion and morality.
11. Explain how John Calvin’s reformation differed from and was similar to Luther’s reformation.
12. Why did Geneva under Calvin use state power to regulate public morals?
13. Why did some Protestants, like Calvin and the Anabaptists, refuse to recognized the subordination of church to state?
14. How did the Reformation change the functioning of the family?
15. How did the Reformation raise questions about the role of women in the family, society, and the church?
16. Why were the decisions made at the Council of Trent important in cementing the division within Christianity?
17. How did religious conflicts become a basis for challenging monarchs’ control of religious institutions?
18. How did the French Wars of Religion exacerbate conflicts between the monarchy and the nobility?
19. Why did France and the Netherlands choose to allow religious pluralism?
20. How did Spain and England exploit religious conflicts to promote political and economic interests against each other?
2. How did the printing press help spread humanist ideas to northern Europe?
3. Explain how Erasmus used Renaissance learning to push for religious reform.
4. What criticisms did Martin Luther use against the Church?
5. How did Martin Luther’s reformation lead to a new interpretation of Christian doctrine and practice?
6. How did Protestant reformers use the printing press, and how did this lead to change in religion?
7. How did monarchs and princes gain the right to determine the religion of their subjects? (hint: Peace of Augsburg)
8. Why were Hapsburg rulers unable to restore Catholic unity across Europe?
9. How did religious radicals such as the Anabaptists change Christian doctrine and practice?
10. Explain how the English Tudor family used religious reform to gain greater control over religion and morality.
11. Explain how John Calvin’s reformation differed from and was similar to Luther’s reformation.
12. Why did Geneva under Calvin use state power to regulate public morals?
13. Why did some Protestants, like Calvin and the Anabaptists, refuse to recognized the subordination of church to state?
14. How did the Reformation change the functioning of the family?
15. How did the Reformation raise questions about the role of women in the family, society, and the church?
16. Why were the decisions made at the Council of Trent important in cementing the division within Christianity?
17. How did religious conflicts become a basis for challenging monarchs’ control of religious institutions?
18. How did the French Wars of Religion exacerbate conflicts between the monarchy and the nobility?
19. Why did France and the Netherlands choose to allow religious pluralism?
20. How did Spain and England exploit religious conflicts to promote political and economic interests against each other?