Protestant Reformation
Americannoun
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The author then moves on to Britain, which emancipated itself through the Protestant Reformation and became what he calls a “property despotism.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Wittenberg, better known to many as a cradle of the Protestant Reformation, is also home to a chemical plant founded in 1915, in the midst of World War I.
From Barron's ● May 3, 2026
When he talked about the New Apostolic Reformation, he saw a change like the Protestant Reformation that would have a lasting impact and become a new branch of Christianity.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2024
Historians often say that Gutenberg’s mid-15th century invention led to some of the most important changes in Western history — including the Protestant Reformation, nationalism, capitalism, individualism and democracy.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
Unsurprisingly, church music was a rather more sombre affair, and the ordinary churchgoer prior to the Protestant Reformation is likely to have found singing in church a miserable, largely non- partidpatory activity.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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