The Reformation Dbq Analysis

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The Reformation began long before its official start date in 1517, while its consequences are still in effect today. Ideas of reformation began in the middle of the 14th century. By the 16th century the Catholic church sought reform from within itself because between the 14th and 16th centuries the church was faced with a significant decline in authority. Reformers, such as John Wycliffe, Erasmus, and Martin Luther, played significant roles as the source of the Reformation, however; there are other provoking source - indulgences along with the art and literature of the time- and the components combined created unfortunate consequences and positive solutions to the declining authority of the Church. Through the accusations and lessons taught …show more content…

In Livre des Persecutions des Crestens, Paris there is a wood carving that depicts Satan's influence on reformers of the Catholic Church ( document 5). The carving represents society's view on both reformers and the church's response to the reformers. Society was all of the community of people with the same customs laws and organization and they were not in favor of change. We also discover society’s discontentment with the church in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales (Document 3). The Canterbury Tales, written in 1388, describe the pardoner using negative connotation and possessing bad morals. We are told that the partner puts on a show for the assembly at mass in order to encourage them to pay indulgences: “To win some silver, as he right well could;/ The loude and the merrier he would sing” (Document 3). Chaucer’s views and description of the pardoner was true because he was a part of the general population meaning he was a common man. The significance of him being a common man means that the other common had similar view points to his. He used real life to create his social satire of a book. The indulgences in the church were viewed in many different ways. Before the Reformation the sale of indulgences granted partial salvation and remission of sins in purgatory …show more content…

An example of the declining power is in Pope Leo X and Luther’s disagreements. The church lost authority because, instead of being feared for their threats, they were being ignored and was shown that they were being ignored by Luther. Pope Leo X critiqued the theses that Luther wrote claiming that they were, “ errors.” More specifically Pope Leo X stated in his proclamation to Luther that the church needed to take action against Luther because he was aiming to destroy the church (document 8). However, the decline of Pope Leo X’s authority was discovered in Luther’s response. Luther responded to Pope Leo X’s demands by throwing them into a fire filled with Catholic and anti-Luther's writings (document 9). One last effect of Luther during the reformation was anti-semitism people. Luther’s rage for Jewish people was transferred into his writing of Concerning the Jews and Their Lies (document

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