Catholic Reformation (jan 1, 1545 – jan 1, 1563)
Description:
This was in response to the growing popularity of Protestantism. The Catholic church decorate walls in baroque art scenes of the Bible to captivate and amaze the viewer into staying Catholic. It also created the Council of Trent which came together to find out how to stop the spread of protestantism and ultimately THEY DID NOTHING TO CHANGE DESPITE NUMEROUS SUGGESTIONS OF THINGS TO CHANGE By Wyclif, Hus, Luther, erasmus, Zwingli, Knox, etc.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1545
jan 1, 1563
~ 18 years