3.6

The Reformation

AP World History: Modern

Causes of the Reformation

Martin Luther and the 95 Theses

Other Protestant movements

The Catholic Counter-Reformation

Wars of religion

Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms
Caption: Luther at the Diet of Worms by Anton von Werner (1877). Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

Global consequences

Primary sources

Martin Luther's 95 Theses (1517)

The Council of Trent on justification (1547)

Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Exercises (1548)

Key figures

Key events summary

Vocabulary