Attempts at Church Reform: 1400-1650

1382: John Wyclif's teachings are condemned by the Synod of London.
Nominalism vs Realism Controversy
1410: Jan Hus is excommunicated by the Archbishop of Prague.
1414: Thomas a Kempis, "The Imitation of Christ."
1415: Jan Hus is burned as a heretic.
1436: The Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges
1453: Fall of Constantinople
1492: The Spanish Inquisition orders Jews in Spain to convert or leave.
1494: Savanarola's theocratic government in Florence.
1501: Desiderus Erasmus of Rotterdam, "Enchiridian militis christiani" [Handbook of the Militant Christian].
1500-1598: The Protestant Reformation
- 1350-1500: Pre-reformers
- 1500-1555: The Lutheran Reformation
- 1520-1560: The Reformed Church
- 1530-1560: The English Reformation
- 1520-1550:The Radical Reformation
1500-1565: The Catholic Reformation
1500-1650: The Wars of Religion Absolute Monarchies
1608: St. Francis de Sales: "Introduction à la vie dèvote"
1611: King James Bible published.
1638: Roger Williams founds the colony of Rhode Island
1644: John Milton: "Areopagitica," on freedom of the press.
1648: George Fox founds the Society of Friends (Quakers).
1675: Philip Jacob Spener: "Pia desideria" begins Pietist movement.

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