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At first they were persecuted, often called heretics.
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Why did protestants leave Europe?
Protestants sought religious freedom.
Where did more protestants live?
in the northern europe
What stopped the Protestantism in Europe?
Vicious purges and attacks on Protestants by the Catholic Church caused many protestants to flee to Britain and the Americas. However there are still plenty of Protestants left in Europe and several Protestant countries.
What is the protestant population of Europe?
There are around 200,000,000 protestants in Europe, about 25% of the population.
What started the thirty years war?
It began as a conflict between Protestants and Catholics in Central Europe.
Who were the Protestants?
the protestants were the people who did not believe in the ways of the church. their name comes from the word "protest" as that is what they did. in the 15th century, Europe split into 2 groups, catholics and protestants.
Disputes between the Catholices and Protestants have arisen in what part of Europe?
Ireland
How was Europe divided after the end of the catholic reformation?
It was split between Catholics and Protestants.
What happened after political and religious conflicts in Europe?
Brought both protestants and catholics.
Which European city was known in the early seventeenth century as a haven for persecuted protestants from all over Europe and even for Jews fleeing Spain?
Geneva, the Protestants were lead there by John Calvin. Who was chosen to lead the French and Swiss Protestants.
Where did more protestants live in the northern or southern Europe?
Northern Europe had more protestants than Southern Europe, as Southern Europe remained Catholic/Orthodox. Scandinavia, Prussia, and Britain is mostly protestant while Germany, Italy, and Spain are mostly Catholic and Greece is mostly Orthodox
The long Struggle between protestants and catholics in Europe 1618-1648?
The Thirty Years' War
