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1. Protestant Reformation

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   The Protestant Reformation was a transformative religious, political, intellectual, and cultural upheaval that splintered Catholic Europe, setting in place the structures and beliefs that would define the modern era. Beginning in the early 16th century, it effectively ended the religious unity of Western Christendom, leading to the establishment of numerous Protestant churches. While commonly dated from [Martin Lut…