Politics And Religion
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Politics And Religion
(This is about the Protestant Reformation, i believed that it
has always existed strictly as a political event) Politics and Religion
Political and social struggles causes many religious uprising. Even though
Religious Reformations are major breakthroughs in the Catholic Church, its
premises remained strictly as a political event. Protestantism was a technique
used by noble princes as well as emperors to break away from the control of the
Catholic Church and also a reason to gain dominancy over other nations. However,
the foremost reason that Reformations remains primarily as a political event is
because it served as a reason for conflict between church and state. The first
reason that the Reformation was a political event was the alliance between
religious group and the state. Protestant groups, especially Lutherans and
Calvinists, sided with national authorities to create international political
upheaval. One mentionable historical event was the Hapsburg-Valois War. To gain
control of Italy and the Burgundian realms, Francis I of France, being a
Catholic, did not hesitate to form an alliance with the Protestants in his
objective to crush Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, the fall heir of the
Burgundian territories. On the other hand, the Protestant card was also played
by Charles when he repressed Francis with the help of the Henry VIII, head of
the Church of England. Thus, this showed that Protestants during the Reformation
was created ideally to and was manipulated by strong political powers in their
conquest to gain dominancy over other states. Another reason for the
governmental event was its usage by the noble princes to gain political freedom
for their states by breaking away from the control of the supreme governer. What
was a religious struggles between the Protestants and the Church became a
movement towards a politically freed state. One example would be the internal
conflict between Charles V and his German princes and their states. During the
disorder of the Reformation, princes were emboldened to seek autonomy for their
states, thus, creating a civil war between them and the Emperor. The Peace of
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