History A-Level
Corruption and reform
What Corruption and reform means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Corruption and reform
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Luther attacked simony, nepotism, pluralism, absenteeism, clerical ignorance and immorality, and above all the sale of indulgences, which he saw as exploiting fear for profit.
Topics that use Corruption 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
- Authority and reform
- burning of the Bull of Excommunication
- Humanism and textual scholarship
- Indulgences and salvation
- Papal responses and the escalation of the conflict
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