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Chapter Chronology

REVIEW and EXPLORE

Make Connections

Think about the larger developments and continuities within and across chapters.

  1. Question

    Martin Luther is always on every list of the one hundred most influential people of all time. Should he be? Why or why not? Who else from this chapter should be on such a list, and why?

  2. Question

    How did Protestant ideas about gender, marriage, and the role of women break with those developed earlier in the history of the Christian Church (Chapters 7 and 9)? What continuities do you see? What factors account for the pattern that you have found?

  3. Question

    In what ways was the Catholic Reformation of the sixteeenth century similar to earlier efforts to reform the church, including the Gregorian reforms of the twelfth century (Chapter 9) and late medieval reform efforts (Chapter 11)? In what ways was it different?