Reformation (jan 1, 1517 – jan 1, 1648)
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The Reformation also referred to as the Protestant Reformation was a severance in Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther King, and continued by John Calvin and other early Protestant Reformers. When Luther first started his movement, he could have never thought that he would contribute to leading the world to democracy, however, in the end he did. The movement he started has led relentlessly in that direction. Protestants demanded the right not to choose their rulers, but only the duty to challenge them. In performing that duty, the Scottish radical John Knox wrote in 1558 "All man is equal." He didn't mean it the way it is today, he only meant men when that statement was said, however the idea had a life of its own. A generation after Knox, the Scottish King James VI even accused his Protesant subjects of plotting a "Democratic form of government".
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