Protestant Reformation
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
The Renaissance revived themis and unleashed the scientific revolution as the epitome of techne; the Protestant Reformation made the nation-state and democracy the vehicles of both.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
Before, we saw this with the Protestant Reformation, which would not have happened had we not had the printing press — a technological invention that networked people with information.
From Salon • May 22, 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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