The northern German princes pretty much went with their long festering unhappiness with Rome and having to send money to Rome, and support the church. Martin Luther played up a German "nationalism" (in quotes, because Germany was not yet a nation!) against Rome.
.
from History of the Catholic Church from the Apostolic Age to the Third Millennium, by James Hitchcock, Imprimatur: The Most Reverend Edward Rice, © 2012 by Ignatius Press, San Francisco
Ultimately, the success or failure of the Reformation in particular areas was due almost entirely to the policies of its rulers. From the emperor to town councils, responses to the Reformation were determined by a complex interplay of secular interests and religious belief.
.
The Reformation succeeded mainly in northern Europe, in the territories that had not been part of the Roman Empire. Luther quite deliberately appealed to the German resentment of what was considered a Roman sense of superiority, a division that seemed almost to replay the ancient Roman-barbarian conflict. Though Protestantism made some inroads into Eastern Europe, it did not become the dominate cultural influence there.
No, the Jewish Germans were descriminated against. Although Hitler was able to win a majority of the German populations support through various techniques of propaganda, he apposed the Jew and therefore not all Germans supports his Nazi organisation.
The farmers supported the Nazi Party since the Nazi Party had enacted, or recognized the peasentry as the blood source of the german nation. Also, the farmers' leader Richard Darre promoted the Reichserbhofgestz, which reformed the inheritance laws to pervent splitting up of farms into smaller units.
It was able to gain such widespread support due to the fact of the new tactics the Nazis imposed. They vowed not to use violence ..;... etc ect
As he expanded his critique into other areas of church policy and the conflict with Rome intensified. Luther's supporters in Germany's vibrant print ...
lied is the word for art in German
The Princes in Germany believed the Roman Catholic Church had too much power both politically and religiously.
welcome home princes in German easy
Electors
The northern German princes pretty much went with their long festering unhappiness with Rome and having to send money to Rome, and support the church. Martin Luther played up a German "nationalism" (in quotes, because Germany was not yet a nation!) against Rome..from History of the Catholic Church from the Apostolic Age to the Third Millennium, by James Hitchcock, Imprimatur: The Most Reverend Edward Rice, © 2012 by Ignatius Press, San FranciscoUltimately, the success or failure of the Reformation in particular areas was due almost entirely to the policies of its rulers. From the emperor to town councils, responses to the Reformation were determined by a complex interplay of secular interests and religious belief..The Reformation succeeded mainly in northern Europe, in the territories that had not been part of the Roman Empire. Luther quite deliberately appealed to the German resentment of what was considered a Roman sense of superiority, a division that seemed almost to replay the ancient Roman-barbarian conflict. Though Protestantism made some inroads into Eastern Europe, it did not become the dominate cultural influence there.
Many clergy saw Luther's reforms as the answer to Church corruption. A number of German princes, however, embraced Lutheran beliefs for more selfish reasons. Some saw Lutheranism as a way to throw off the rules of both the Church and the Holy Roman emperor. Others welcomed a chance to seize Church property in their territory. Still other Germans supported Luther because of feelings of national loyalty. They were tired of German money going to support churches and clergy in Italy.
force Luther to recant his criticisms of the papacy.
German Princes
The Peace of Augsburg in 1555 allowed German princes to choose between Catholicism and Lutheranism as the official religion for their territories. This agreement effectively ended the religious conflicts in Germany for a time, granting rulers more autonomy in matters of religion.
The Roman Emperor went to war against the protestant German princes because they were protestant. They wanted all Catholic Church in Europe to become Catholic once again.
The German princes were pleased with the Treaty of Westphalia because ended the Thirty Years' War. It also mandated that each prince would have the right to determine the religion of their domain.
The German peasants in the countryside flocked to the Luther's camp. They also backed Luther's criticism of the authority of the Roman Church.
A group of German princes were protestant. The term Protestant originally referred to these German prince who were not loyal to the Pope.