Protestant Reformation (jan 1, 1517 – jan 1, 1648)
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The Protestant Reformation was the 16th-century religious, political, intellectual and cultural upheaval that splintered Catholic Europe, setting in place the structures and beliefs that would define the continent in the modern era. He started the reformation because of corruption in the Catholic Church, some people saw that the way it worked needed to change. ... The Protestant reformation triggered the Catholic Counter-Reformation. In general, Martin Luther's posting of The Ninety-Five Theses|95 theses at Wittenberg is seen as the start of the Protestant Reformation
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