Martin Luther and the Protestant...
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Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation Beard World History
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Martin Luther and the
Protestant Reformation
Beard World
History
Trade led to Europe’s revival
Art and culture improved
New inventions travelled to Europe
from the East
Johannes Gutenberg’s Printing Press
Based on Korean “movable type”
What was the Printing Press?
The printing press encouraged literacy
The printing press produced more books in 50 years than ever before
The Printing Press also rapidly spread the ideas of the Protestant Reformation
What was the Protestant
Reformation?
Who was Martin Luther?
What was the Protestant Reformation?
Let’s Review
- Literacy rates improved as Europe transitioned to the Renaissance
- The Printing Press, a way of mass-printing books, encouraged people to read.
- The most printed book – the Bible.
- People began to read the Bible and noticed some discrepancies…
- The Catholic Church sold indulgences to its parishioners.
- Martin Luther protested these practices and wrote the 95 theses, pinning them to a Church, and starting the Protestant Reformation.
