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Time Line Activity 12

RenaissanGe andReformation DIRECTIONS: The years A.D. 1350-1600were a time of development and diffusion of cultural and political activity and a time of dissension and reform within religious institutions. New styles of art, learning, and commerce helped to generate important criticisms of the Catholic Church and, ultimately, the formation of Protestant religions. Read the time line below, then answer the questions that follow.

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\A/hichcritique of the practicesof the Catholic Church led to the establishmentof the first main Protestantreligion?

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What happened in 1533 that led to the Church of England's separating from Rome?

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\Mhich events on the time line helped curtail the spread of Protestantism?

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