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When were the 'last' pagans in northern Europe converted to christianity? [closed]
I've always found it interesting that the Reformation 'began' in Norther Europe. It strikes me that most of the various Christian sects seemed to form within different ethnic groups. So, I'm ...
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What was the significance of the term "Lollard" in describing religious dissenters? [closed]
When John Wycliffe's followers gained support from the common people, why did the church call them Lollards? What does Lollard mean? Why didn't they just call them Wycliffites?
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Why did Huldrych Zwingli and Martin Luther stand for clerical marriage?
Was it an original idea of theirs?
Or was it about the legitimization of an already existing custom?
For example, Heinrich Bullinger's father was a dean already in 1504 living in a concubinage due to ...
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