The Reformation

A major 16th-century religious and political movement that challenged the authority of the Roman Catholic Church, leading to the establishment of Protestantism and widespread cultural, legal, and intellectual changes across Europe.

Claims that use this term

• The Reformation and Counter-Reformation represented the less civilized nations rebelling against Italian intellectual domination.
• The Reformation intensified corporal punishment by removing Catholic institutional checks
• The Reformation made language merely representational, giving birth to the experimental method.