The Reformation: The Splintering of Christendom

In this lecture, we look at the Protestant Reformation.

[WWSzar]

Jan Hus was burnt when he was summoned by the Pope to Rome. I'm surprised you made no mention of the Hussites as well

[enrixosjjdjd]

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[kylechafin]

Congratulations on 50k subscribers Thersitres

[tacocruiser]

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[JonBrownSherman]

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[rursus]

Regarding Gustav I of Sweden, there is a longer prehistory of the Swedish nobility being anti-papal in their very conflict against the last union king Christian II of Denmark, where the later used heresy against Catholicism as a pretext to kill off important leaders of the Swedish nobility. So from the beginning Gustav I towards Catholicism was pretty, should we say, "biased." The threshold for him grabbing the power of the Church in Sweden was then easy to step over.

[Swagdonaldz]

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[laurelindeep]

If anyone is interested in a more detailed course on Luther, the Reformation and the Christian church in general, I highly recommend Ryan Reeves' youtube channel (at the time, Assistant Professor of Historical Theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary), which has playlists including a 15+ part series on Luther (plus a similar-length one for Calvin). This video is great from an overall historical perspective, such as the practical/ulterior motives of the European monarchs and the Catholic church itself (which Reeves does also talk about), but doesn't cover the theological aspects in as much detail - which is understandable and probably the best choice for a video of this length that is taking a broad historial perspective.

While things like indulgences were definitely seen as unfair or illigitimate and ultimately sparked the reformation, a significant driver for Luther and other reformers was a purely intellectual need for theological rigour (such as on justification, holy communion, etc.), regardless of any of the more practical socioeconomic factors that were also involved. These elements are a bit harder to appreciate as a modern, secular person, but I don't think they should be overlooked when trying to understand the reformation in detail and Reeves does a great job of covering them (albeit in a much longer series).

[ozzy]

Glad to see Theristes' continued expansion!
(Luther's father was hardly a peasant.
And Wycliffe and Huss need mention.)

[Urlocallordandsavior]

Will you cover the subsequent period then, from like 1600 to about 1714, around the War of the Spanish Succession's end? I find the English Civil War and the Stuarts/William III as a whole just as fascinating of a period as the Tudors were in English history.

[abeschreier]

One of the best Historians on the platform!

[bramvanhooijdonk]

37:18 i think you meant to say *Swiss cities there not Swedish

[willly]

@43:05 - that is not a picture of Ferdinand I, but of Maximilian I

[JM-rplo]

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[SorFig]

I grew up (and still live in) an Anglican household in Zimbabwe. My grandmother's Catholic, I was raised in an Anglican/Methodist church and went to a mostly Baptist High-School. I'm humbled to have seen so much of the world. I'm happily atheist now, but will always appreciate the Anglican rigid push for structure and the Methodist's insistence on focusing more on the plight of the follower (Methodists tend to drink grape-juice instead of wine during communion. If I remember correctly, it's because they know members of the congregation may have been alcoholics and they're not trying to lead them into further temptation at the altar. There's nothing more adorable than having a church brunch, and seeing a few Methodists sneaking over to have a couple beers with the Anglicans. It wasn't segregated or anything, it's just everyone knew everyone's denomination so you could tell who was, nominally, meant to abstain from alcohol) . The Catholics always remind me to be a little wary: I'm a scientist, and around 1/8th of the world's population take particular exception to that. Poor, old Galileo.... Oh, Baptists have the best praise and worship. Guitar's _and_ drums? Get ready to hear a lot of piano if you're Anglican... at least there's the choir. Man, being religious was so much effort.

Really love your lectures, thank-you for doing this.

[MortalWombat]

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[Urlocallordandsavior]

43:05 That image's actually Maxmillian I, you can tell by the early 16th century style clothing he wears (compared with mid- and rest of century's fashion).

[stephendean]

Life long atheist but do love the history of various religions. Great job.

[ericc]

Expected more on the Hussites, but I loved hearing about the Archbishop of Mainz.

[bsg]

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