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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: European Renaissance and Reformation, 1300 1600 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Chapter 17 of a textbook on world history (36 pages). Includes a Renaissance timeline and map. Looks at the conditions that led to the Italian Renaissance, major artists, writers, the Northern Renaissance, the Elizabethan Age, the...
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Interactive Bible: Reformation & the Church of England

For Students 9th - 10th
The history of Reformation as told by the Church of England.
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Reformed.org: John Knox: The Years of Preparation

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a rather thorough overview of the life of preparation for John Knox for the tremendous task which lay ahead. Knox's life was filled with the bittersweet flavoring of discipleship, required of all that take a stand for the...
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An Introduction to Early Modern European History

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent introduction to and overview of the Renaissance and Reformation in Europe. This article touches on all aspects of the period.
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Anabaptists: Separate by Choice , Marginal by Force

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough essay covering all aspects of the beliefs and history of Anabaptists, a religious group that "evolved in a time of social and religious chaos."
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Models for Reformation: John Knox (1505 1572)

For Students 9th - 10th
This website gives a brief, biographical sketch of the life of Jonn Knox, Scottish clergyman, who set the tone for Reformation of the Church in the Renaissance Period. Knox was known, among other things, for his stand against the...
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Open Stax: An Awakening of Religion and Individualism

For Students 11th - 12th
This section of a chapter on "Antebellum Idealism and Reform Impulses" explains the connection between Evangelical Protestantism and the Second Great Awakening and describes the message of the transcendentalists.
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Tom Richey: Calvinism

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive PowerPoint featuring Calvinism, the Reformed faith which evolved during the sixteenth century. John Calvin's movement evolved from his mission work in France.
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Catholic Encyclopedia: John Knox

For Students 9th - 10th
This website, rom the Catholic Encyclopedia, describes the life and history of the Scottish preacher, John Knox. Includes his early life at Edinburgh, his geneology, and his ecclesiastical rise to prominence as a reformer. Knox was a...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Martin Luther

For Students 9th - 10th
Martin Luther (November 10, 1483 - February 18, 1546) was a German monk, theologian, university professor, Father of Protestantism, and church reformer whose ideas influenced the Protestant Reformation and changed the course of Western...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Martin Luther

For Students 9th - 10th
Martin Luther (November 10, 1483 - February 18, 1546) was a German monk, theologian, university professor, Father of Protestantism, and church reformer whose ideas influenced the Protestant Reformation and changed the course of Western...