History A-Level
Authority and reform
What Authority and reform means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Authority and reform
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The spread of Luther's ideas attracted supporters and forced a response from Church authorities, making the Theses a turning point in the early Reformation.
Topics that use Authority and reform
- 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 dissent
- 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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