What movements ran parallel to the decline of the papacy? And how did these movements relate to the decline of the papacy?
What progression of events in economics and in intellectualism sprang out of the Crusades and in what did these all result? Name various explorers and various scholars of this era. Briefly describe Ramond Lull's work.
Briefly note the various pre-Reformation voices that sounded across Europe in the twelfth through the fifteenth centuries. What was Rome's response to these cries for reformation?
Through whom did the German Reformation principally come? What truths were born clearly within this man's heart by divine illumination? What critical issue at Wittenberg sparked the German Reformation? What sad contribution to anti-Semitism did this man make toward the end of his life?
Under whom did the Swiss Reformation principally come? Give dates and places.
Discuss briefly Calvin's theology as it comes down to us today. What point did he seek to prove in his Institutes?
What is an Anabaptist? Discuss the origins of this movement (causes, dates, places, and leaders) and Luther and Zwingli's view of them.
Note the geographical spreading of the two branches of the Continental Reformation. In what areas was the Reformation stamped out? What means did Catholicism use to counteract the Reformation?
Discuss briefly the aspect of political motivation in the English Reformation under Henry VIII.
Describe the basic events of the English Reformation as it unfolded under Henry.
Describe the turn in Henry's sentiments when, at the end of his reign, he sensed the Reformation was progressing too rapidly.
Describe the outstanding advances made by the Reformation during the reign of Edward VI. Who were the Puritans?
Describe the backward trend for the Reformation during the reign of Mary Tudor.
Explain Elizabeth's main reason for supporting the Reformation cause.
Through whom did the Scottish Reformation principally come? What branch of the Reformation had molded him the greatest?
