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The Catholic Church is mired in corruption by the 16th century.In 1517 Martin Luther publishes his 95 Point Thesis at Wittenberg, starting the Protestant Reformation. He is summoned to the Diet of Worms, where Charles V declares him an outlaw. Along comes Frederick III of Saxony, Luther's prince to save him. The Magisterial Reformation succeeds not only in Germany, but in Sweden and Denmark too. The French and the English Reformations also start, but end with mixed results. Another consequence of the Reformation is the Knights Revolt and the Peasants War.
In 1521 Huldrych Zwingli enters the scene, introducing Protestantism to Switzerland. Groups of Anabaptists also emerge in Zürich. The Swiss Reformation continues with John Calvin.The Calvinist Reformation is particularly successful in France and the Low Countries, putting them on a collision course with the Catholic CounterReformation.
The Schmalkaldic war between Charles V and the Lutheran princes starts in 1541, but the Protestants are crushed at the Battle of Mühlberg. Charles is forced to grant religious freedom at the Peace of Augsburg in 1555, but as confessionalism takes hold over Europe, Catholics are on a crash course with Protestants...

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0:00 Luther
16:32 Magisterial Reformation
32:21 Radical Reformation
43:19 Schmalkaldic Wars