The Reformation

The Reformation

The Last SupperLucas Cranach the Younger, 1565

Erasmus of Rotterdam

1466-1536

Erasmus of RotterdamAlbrecht Dürer, 1526

Martin Luther

1483-1546

Martin LutherLucas Cranach the Elder, 1533

Sale of Indulgences, c. 1500

Theses on the Door of the Castle Church, Wittenberg

John Calvin

1509-1564

John CalvinAttr. Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1538

Calvinist Temple at Lyon, 1564

Ulrich Zwingli

1484-1531

Ulrich ZwingliHans Asper, 16th c.

Henry VIII

r. 1509-1547

Portrait of Henry VIIIAfter Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1536

Anabaptists

Attack on the Popes

The Sack of Rome in 1527, 1555

Pope Leo X as the Antichrist16th-c. Flyer

The Pope as the Antichrist Riding the Beast of the Apocalypse, 1611

Iconoclasm

Destruction of Icons in Zurich, 1524

Iconoclasm in Aesch, Switzerland, 1529

Iconoclasts at Antwerp CathedralGaspar Bouttats, 1566

IconoclastsFranz Hogenberg, 1566

Iconoclasts in a ChurchDirck van Delen, 1630

Witch Hunts

Punishment for WitchesWoodcut, 1508

Burning of Three Witches in BadenswitzJohann Jakob Wick, 1585