Saturday, October 8, 2011

Why did Lutheranism appeal to the princes?

Omar El Gendy
Social studies
October, 8, 2011

Why did Lutheranism appeal to the princes?
       The princes liked the Lutheranism a lot because it made more money. Lutheranism also had control of many lands. They shut down monasteries too. They have free of political control. Because of all of that reasons the Lutheranism became richer and wealthier.
      Martin Luther highlighted the charges that the corrupt church administration, subject to be exploited.  Germans thought it was controlled by the French and the Spanish corrupt. They considered Martin Luther threat to Catholicism. Catholic Church supports Martin Luther.
     They had to pay taxes for both church and government. The knights had no control of taxes. They interpreted the bible. The bible tells them not to pay taxes. They were forced to pay many taxes, which caused them to be mad at Luther.
     The Schmalkalden league arranged to unite together if any member is attacked. It prevents any enemy from attacking and it unites people together. That rule makes them stronger and powerful. The peace of Augsberg settled peace between Charles V and Schmalkaden league.
    At the end it allowed German principals to select either Lutherianism or Catholicism Damos they controlled. The people had the choice of choosing. Martin Luther changed  many things like shutting down monasteries, and having free of political control.
    In my opinion Martin Luther is a great man and he did many things that’s great. Lutheranism is wise and fair. I think that people was supposed to choose Lutheranism. Lutheranism believes in faith not good work which is wise and thoughtful.       

1 comment:

  1. 55/100 - You have covered a wide range of ideas here but there is no consistency to the argument. You need to work on the structure to help arrange your argument. It is unfortunately unclear what you are saying and there are some major historical inaccuracies such as the Catholic church supporting Luther.

    T - structure.

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