Using examples from the Henrician Reformation of the 1530s; explain why religion has often been the cause of particularly bitter conflict. The causes and features of the Reformation have been the source of many differing views between historians; whether it arose solely from the ambitions of Henr...

Thomas Cranmer is one of the most famous names, from one of the most important periods of English history – the English reformation. Many people believe that he was crucial to the reformation and high emotions run around this character. Some herald him as the saviour of the Protestant religion...

Many people in history have made a very big impact on their culture, times, and/or religion. One that stands out is John Calvin. He had a really huge influence during his time-the early-to-middle sixteenth century. Calvin devoted almost his whole life to promoting Protestantism, and he made a b...

The Reformation was a great 16th-century religious revolution in the Christian Church, which had political, economic and social effects. It ended the ecclesiastical supremacy of the pope, led to the separation of many European nations from the Church of Rome and became the basis for the founding of ...