The Papacy and the Reformation

Rome glittered under the Medici Popes as discontent grew among the faithful across the Alps. Minor ecclesiastical disputes escalated into major theological conflicts.

Calls for reform led to separation from Rome, then warfare. Reformers questioned the legitimacy of the Papacy. Rather than compromise with the Protestants, the Popes launched their own counter-reformation. A lecture by W.

Neidinger.