History A-Level
Authority and dissent
What Authority and dissent means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Authority and dissent
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Luther rejected the idea that salvation could be bought and challenged papal authority over forgiveness, drawing also on German anti-clerical sentiment.
Topics that use Authority and dissent
- Luther’s early challenge to the Catholic Church, 1517–20 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- 1520 pamphlets
- Academic debate and public controversy
- Authority and reform
- burning of the Bull of Excommunication
- Corruption and reform
- Humanism and textual scholarship
- Indulgences and salvation
- Papal responses and the escalation of the conflict
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