During the Protestant Reformation, people tried to change some practices in the Catholic Church. Western Europe broke out in religious wars, and some countries became Protestant. The Catholic Church responded by persecuting those who criticized it from the outside and initiating reform from the inside.
Part One (pp. 69-77)
FOCUS TOPICS
Protestant Reformation, power of Catholic Church, salvation, Desiderius Erasmus, Martin Luther, William Tyndale, Protestant ideas VOCABULARY