During the reformation a man named Martin Luther who wrote the "95 thesis" had a massive affect on many people. For example he had an affect on important and non-important people of Germany. Lutheranism is one man trying to turn the people on the church because he thinks that what the church are doing is wrong.
Lutheranism now supports princes because he is against the church's beliefs and what they are doing. By that he tells people to read the bible. After them reading the bible they found out that what the church was doing was wrong and it was for the church's good. The people starts to understand what they church was trying to do and got angry with them and the didn't support the church any longer. The people started supporting the government, which gave the government and the princes more power over the church.
After the princes gain more power they have the control over the land. They gained more power over the land by them able to close or shut down monasteries, and also them able to confiscate land from other people. By them closing down the monasteries and confiscating land and them owning it they become more richer and powerful.
Although the princes had their gain from lutheranism the people also had their gains and their freedom. The people who changed from supporters of the church to be supporters of the government; they were able to choose their own ministers. Also the people who converted from supporter of the church to supporter of the government; had more of an affect on the church than more on the government.
The Princes were also able to seize more taxes for the people which made the princes more richer and powerful. After the converting of the people to the government they were able to be secular. This was also making the princes powerful and richer over the church.
As a conclusion lutheranism was able to appeal to more people and princes than Catholicism. It had made princes powerful and richer than the church. It also gave them more powerful over land by them able to seize land and shut down monasteries.
77/100 - You make a good start and clearly understand the paragraph structure when looking at controlling land. However, you are not consistent in doing this. Each paragraph should have the same structure and one argument/point.
ReplyDeleteYou are also a little confused about the choosing of ministers. The Princes could choose their own government with no church interference.
T - Work on paragraph structure.