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![Olympia Fulvia Morata](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/15754.png?v=1652876106)
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Olympia Fulvia Morata
Olympia Fulvia Morata (l. 1526-1555, also given as Olimpia) was an Italian scholar, poet, and writer who sought to advance the Protestant Reformation in Italy. She was considered one of the greatest classical scholars of her time but was...
![Marie Dentière's A Very Useful Epistle](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/15410.jpeg?v=1709243523)
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Marie Dentière's A Very Useful Epistle
A Very Useful Epistle (Epistre tres utile, 1539) is an open letter by the female reformer Marie Dentière (l. c. 1495-1561) to Marguerite of Navarre (l. 1492-1549) advocating for a greater role for women in the work of the Protestant Reformation...
![Huldrych Zwingli](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14863.png?v=1717755903)
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Huldrych Zwingli
Huldrych Zwingli (l. 1484-1531) was a Swiss priest who became the leader of the Protestant Reformation in the region at the same time Martin Luther (l. 1483-1546) was active in Germany. Zwingli is known as the 'third man of the Reformation'...
![Autobiography of Saint Ignatius of Loyola](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/16019.jpg?v=1689772983)
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Autobiography of Saint Ignatius of Loyola
The Autobiography of Saint Ignatius is the story of the life of Ignatius of Loyola (l. 1491-1556) dictated by him to the Jesuit priest Father Louis Gonzalez between 1553-1555, shortly before Loyola's death in 1556. It is an account of his...
![Reformation in Germany](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14845.png?v=1709243529)
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Reformation in Germany
Joseph Fiennes as Martin Luther (1483-1546) in Luther (2003).
Image credit: Eikon Film and NFP Teleart.
![Protestant Reformation in Switzerland](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14841.png?v=1709243463)
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Protestant Reformation in Switzerland
The Protestant Reformation in Switzerland as portrayed in the movie Zwingli (2019).
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![Johann Eck](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/16221.png?v=1660061287)
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Johann Eck
Johann Eck (l. 1486-1543) was a Catholic theologian and writer best known for his disputations with Martin Luther (l. 1483-1546) beginning in 1517 and continuing until his death in 1543. Eck maintained the position that, if anyone could determine...
![Reformation & Consequences: Crash Course European History #7](/uploads/kraked/6/6-2428_ci_preview.jpg)
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Reformation & Consequences: Crash Course European History #7
The Protestant Reformation didn't exactly begin with Martin Luther, and it didn't end with him either. Reformers and monarchs changed the ways that religious and state power were organized throughout the 16th and early 17th centuries. Jean...
![William Tyndale](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/15559.jpeg?v=1648987447)
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William Tyndale
William Tyndale (l.c. 1494-1536) was a talented English linguist, scholar and priest who was the first to translate the Bible into English. Tyndale objected to the Catholic Church’s control of scripture in Latin and the prohibition against...
![Andreas Karlstadt](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/15664.jpeg?v=1705190586)
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Andreas Karlstadt
Andreas Karlstadt (also given as Carlstadt, l. 1486-1541) was a reformer, theologian, and early supporter of Martin Luther (l. 1483-1546) in the movement that became known as the Protestant Reformation. Karlstadt was one of Luther's most...