Title: 
Headings: Objectives
Objectives
 

Terms
 
and
 
People
 

How
 
did
 
revolts
 
against
 
the
 
Roman
 
Catholic
 
Church
 
affect
 
northern
 
European
 
society?
 

Martin
 
Luther,
 

sparked
 
a
 
revolt
 
in
 
1517.
 

Charles
 
V,
 

Luther’s
 
teachings
 
differed
 
from
 
the
 
Roman
 
Catholic
 
Church
 

Section
 
Review
 


Content: He
 
banned
 
the
 
granting
 
of
 
indulgences,
 
prayers
 
to
 
saints,
 
pilgrimages,
 
and
 
confession. The
 
printing
 
press
 
quickly
 
spread
 
Luther’s
 
writings
 
throughout
 
Germany
 
and
 
Scandinavia. His
 
followers
 
took
 
on
 
the
 
name
 
“Protestants”
 
because
 
they
 
were
 
in
 
protest
 
against
 
papal
 
authority
. Luther
 
simplified
 
the
 
mass,
 
but
 
emphasized
 
the
 
sermon. Ministers
 
used
 
their
 
sermons
 
to
 
attack
 
corruption
 
in
 
the
 
Roman
 
Catholic
 
Church. Some
 
German
 
princes
 
saw
 
Lutheranism
 
as
 
a
 
chance
 
to
 
throw
 
off
 
the
 
rule
 
of
 
both
 
the
 
Church
 
and
 
the
 
Holy
 
Roman
 
emperor. Some
 
saw
 
an
 
opportunity
 
to
 
seize
 
Church
 
property
 
in
 
their
 
territories. Others
 
embraced
 
the
 
new
 
church
  
out
 
of
 
nationalistic
 
loyalty
. Many
 
were
  
tired
 
of
 
paying
  
to
 
support
  
clergy
 
in
 
Italy
. In
 
1524
 
a
 
peasants’
 
revolt
 
erupted
 
across
 
Germany.