High School Ancient History Lesson 27: Christian Humanism and the Beginning of Religious Rebellion

Note the beginning of the religious revolution and how and why it took place.

Fill in the outline with your notes.

I. Background to the Religious Rebellion-why did it happen?
     A. Issues within the Roman Catholic Church
          1. Decline in the Power of the Roman Catholic Church
          2. Anticlericalism
          3. Heresies
               a. John Wycliffe
               b. Jan Hus
     B. Popular Piety
          1. Brethren of Common Life -Devotio
               a. Gerard Groote
               b. Thomas a Kempis
     C. Christian Humanism
          1. Moral Emphasis
          2. Study of the Sources
          3. Desiderius Erasmus
               a. The four major themes of his writings. Read Praise of Folly.
     D. Political Background to the Protestant Revolution
          1. Political developments within the Holy Roman Empire
               a. Council-Imperial Diet
          2. External Political Conditions