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Chapter 15 Reading Study Guide

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Objectives:

1. List and problems within the Catholic church that made it unresponsive to the spiritual needs of Christians

2. Identify the kinds of solutions that reformers- both before and during the reformation, outside and within the Catholic church- propose.

3. Analyze how and why the spread of religious reform challenged the social and political order.

4. Summarize the methods by which religious and secular authorities sought to restore order and consolidate their power.

5. Describe how religious reform fueled political struggles throughout Europe.

 Concepts:

Topic A: A New Heaven and a New Earth (548)

1. The Crisis of Faith  548-549
2. Christian Humanism  550-552

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Topic B: Protestant Reformers (552)

1. Martin Luther and the German Nation  552–555
2. Huldrych Zwingli and the Swiss Confederation 556–557
3. John Calvin and Christian Discipline  557–559

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Topic C: Reshaping Society through Religion (559)

1. Challenging the Social Order  559–561
2. New Forms of Discipline  561–565

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Topic D: A Struggle for Mastery (565)

1. The Court  566
2. Art and the Christian Knight  566–567
3. Wars among Habsburgs, Valois, and Ottomans  568–570
4. The Finance and Technologies of War  570–571
5. Divided Realms  571–573

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Topic E: A Continuing Reformation (573)

1. Catholic Renewal  574–575
2. Missionary Zeal  575–577