The Reformation, Lecture Outline

I.                  Lutheranism

A.  Martin Luther’s Criticisms of Catholicism

B. Luther’s Theology

C. Luther’s Break with Rome

II.              The Politics of the Reformation in Germany

A. Mobilizing Luther’s Supporters

B. The Diet of Worms

C. Support from Princes

D. The German Peasant Wars

III.          Anglicanism

A.  Henry VIII’s Break with Rome

B.  Extending the Reformation under Edward

C. Reversal of the Reformation under Mary

D. “Solution” of Religious Conflict under Elizabeth

IV.         Zwinglianism and Anabaptism

V.             Calvinism

VI.         The Catholic Reformation