Reformation: References & Edit History
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Assorted References
- major reference
- major treatment
- influence on the Scientific Revolution
- Reformation Day
- technological influence
arts
literature
- caricature and comic strips
- children’s literature
- Cornish literature
- Danish literature
- focus on individual
- folk art
- French literature
- German literature
- Hungarian literature
- Swedish literature
- Welsh literature
music
- Agricola
- carol
- In carol
churches, denominations, and movements
Protestantism
- Anabaptist
- In Anabaptist
- Anglicanism
- In Anglicanism
- Lutheranism
- Reformed and Presbyterian churches
- Unitarianism
Roman Catholicism
- canon law
- In canon law
- Counter-Reformation
- dispensation abuse
- In dispensation
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- ecumenism
doctrines and teachings
- Bible exegesis and hermeneutics
- Christology
- covenants
- creeds and confessions
- eschatology
- essence of Christianity
- faith
- In faith
- free will and predestination
- justification
- millennialism
- purgatory
- sacraments
- traditions
history
- In history of Europe: Reformation and Counter-Reformation
- In Protestantism: Origins of Protestantism
cities, countries, regions
- Austria
- Bohemia
- Brussels
- Denmark
- England
- Flanders
- In Flanders
- France
- Geneva
- Germany
- Holy Roman Empire
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Low Countries
- Poland
- Prague
- Scotland
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Vienna
- Wales
- Wittenberg
- In Wittenberg
critics and opponents
- Aleandro
- Alexander VI
- In Alexander VI
- Bellarmine
- Charles V
- Clement VII
- In Clement VII
- Cochlaeus
- Erasmus
- Franck
- Francis I
- Henry VIII
- Janssen
- Leo X
- In Leo X
- Morone
- Newman
- Spanish Inquisition
- Tetzel
reformers and supporters
- Balnaves
- Böhme
- Bucer
- In Martin Bucer
- Bullinger
- Calvin
- In John Calvin
- Capito
- Cranmer
- Farel
- Gustav I Vasa
- Haetzer
- Hofmeister
- Hus
- In Jan Hus
- Jonas
- In Justus Jonas
- Knox
- In John Knox
- Luther
- Melanchthon
- Milíč of Kroměříž
- In John Milíč
- Müntzer
- Oecolampadius
- Osiander
- Renée de France
- Schwenckfeld
- Smith
- Tausen
- In Hans Tausen
- Ulrich
- In Ulrich
- Vergerio
- Viret
- In Pierre Viret
- Wishart
- Wycliffe
- Zwingli
- Crusades
- Enlightenment
- episcopacy
- In episcopacy
- Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
- Kappel Wars
- In Kappel Wars
- monarchy
- Ninety-five Theses
- role of Christian humanism
- Wars of Religion
organization and practice
- church polity
- church year
- liturgy
- ministry and priesthood
social, political, and cultural aspects
education
- In Christianity: Intellectualism versus anti-intellectualism
- In education: Education in the Reformation and Counter-Reformation
- Tubingen University
- university system
language
- Scandinavian languages
- vernacular usage
- Absolutism’s decline
- antisemitism
- biblical translation
- capitalism
- charity
- Christian skepticism
- church and state
- constitutionalism
- dress and adornment
- ethics
- Europe
- library development
- modernization
- papacy
- personal responsibility
- political philosophy
- printing and publishing
- public opinion
- religious oratory
- In oratory
- schisms
- tolerance
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: History of Parliament Online - The Reformation (PDF). | Nov 25, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC Listen - The Reformation. | Apr 21, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Beyond Belief - Martin Luther and the Reformation. | Dec 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences - Effect of the Reformation on Today�s Church. | Oct 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Catholic Online - The Reformation. | Mar 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ohio State University - Origins - Martin Luther and the Reformation. | Nov 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - The Protestant Reformation. | Sep 04, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee State University - Protestant Reformation. | Jun 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Eternal Word Television Network - Roots of the Reformation. | Apr 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Protestant Reformation. | Dec 02, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - Reformation. | Aug 21, 2022 | ||
| Removed media. | Jun 23, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 22, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States History - The Protestant Reformation. | Feb 08, 2019 | ||
| Added images of Luther, Calvin, and Zwingli. | Nov 14, 2017 | ||
| Corrected the spelling of "sola scriptura" and added cross-references. | Nov 14, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS LearningMedia - The Protestant Reformation | Inside the Court of Henry VIII. | Feb 15, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: KidsPast.com - The Reformation. | Dec 30, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - History - An Overview of the Reformation. | Jun 02, 2014 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Apr 03, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Reformation. | Feb 07, 2013 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 20, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Reformation. | Nov 05, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - The Reformation. | Jan 16, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Christian Reformed Church - Reformation. | Apr 17, 2007 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 25, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: World History International Project - Woman Suffrage. | Aug 03, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | May 27, 2005 | ||
| Article revised. | Jun 01, 1999 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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