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Thomas Munster took Luther’s idea and applied them to society, rising up against the feudal order.
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The catholic church was made peaceful attempts to keep people in the church, such as reforms in the Council of Trent, but they also increased their persecution of heretics
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Bloody Mary wanted to return England to Catholicism and carried out bloody purges of Protestants. Around 300 were burned during her 5 year reign and many fled to Europe. She was succeeded by her sister, Elizabeth.
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this was supposed to be a celebration of peace between French Catholics and the growing Protestant Huguenot movement, as France celebrated the marriage of the King’s Catholic sister to a Protestant nobleman and claimant to the throne (Henry of Navarre).
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here a group of Catholics planned to blow up the Protestant King and Parliament
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People fought largely in Germany, which killed an estimated 8 million people - around 40% of Germany’s population. It began when the catholic Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia, invaded some of his own territories to force the local Protestant princes to return to Catholicism.
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They were largely because English Protestants feared he was trying to make England Catholic again.