People of the European Reformation-1517-55

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The monk who nailed 95 theses to Wittenberg Church
Martin Luther
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The man elected Emperor in 1519 on the death of his grandfather
Charles V
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Frederick the _ _ _ _, electoral prince and Luther's main protector
Wise
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Frederick the Wise's brother, who expressed more serious interest in Lutheran ideas
John the Steadfast
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of Hohenzollern, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order who was converted in 1522 but became openly Lutheran in 1525
Albrecht
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Third Renaissance Pope. Flattered Frederick the Wise with a golden rose to try and persuade him to stand in the Imperial Election
Leo X
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The 'warrior pope'
Julius II
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A successor to Leo X. Taken prisoner in the Sack of Rome in 1527.
Clement VII
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The 3rd-highest ranking prince in terms of noble status, whose bigamy scandal in 1540 gave Charles V leverage over the Colloquy of Regensburg
Philip of Hesse
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Luther's right-hand man. Delivered the Augsburg Confession in 1530s and increasingly led the Reformation as Luther became a liability to his own side
Philip Melanchthon
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The humanist who took issue with the statement that he laid the egg that Luther hatched
Erasmus
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The humanist who died of syphillis in 1523 following a failed attack on the Archbishop of Trier's land
von Hutten
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The Duke of Saxony who switched sides twice during the Schmalkaldic Wars
Maurice of Saxony
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The monk who travelled around, selling indulgences to the peasants, provoking Luther's actions
Johann Tetzel
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Albert of Mainz, who had the 95 Theses sent off to Rome, prompting a reaction which forced Luther to think through and strengthen his ideas
Archbishop
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Johann von _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, Luther's mentor as a monk and dean of Luther's faculty as a university professor
Staupitz
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Dr John _ _ _, professor at Ingoldstadt University in Bavaria who pushed Luther's ideas further in the Leipzig Debates of 1519 and forced him to condemn himself as a heretic
Eck
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John _ _ _ _ _ _, who founded another Protestant religion originating in Switzerland
Calvin
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Pope who called the Council of Trent in the 1540s
Paul III
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A third Protestant movement, also originating in Switzerland, that took the Eucharist to be merely symbolic. Luther disagreed and Hesse failed to bring them together.
Zwinglianism
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_ _ _ _ _ _ of Saxony, Frederick the Wise's cousin. It is often speculated that one of the reasons Frederick saved Luther is because he knew it would wind this man up.
George
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Charles V's brother, who ended up negotiating the Peace of Augsburg after Charles gave up and retired from public life
Ferdinand
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Andrew _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, Luther's senior at university who became a radical, preaching adult baptism and iconoclasm while Luther was at Wartburg Castle
Carlstadt
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John _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, the artichect of the 'Saxon Model', that set out how the Lutheran church should be structured- useful for Germany's fragmented system
Bugenhagen
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Sultan _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the Magnificent, under whom the Ottoman Empire flourished considerably, to the alarm of the Christian princes
Sulieman
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The man elected Emperor in 1519 on the death of his grandfather

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Charles V

Card 3

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Frederick the _ _ _ _, electoral prince and Luther's main protector

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Card 4

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Frederick the Wise's brother, who expressed more serious interest in Lutheran ideas

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Card 5

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of Hohenzollern, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order who was converted in 1522 but became openly Lutheran in 1525

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