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The Black Death and Church corruption make Europeans wonder whether God is punishing a stagnant, evil Church, leading to schism and later challengers such as Wycliffe, Jan Hus, and Martin Luther.
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Wycliffe
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Wycliffe and Hus are framed as reformers who challenge priestly monopoly and anticipate Luther's Protestant Reformation.
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"Okay? All right. And at first this is fine, but eventually bad things start to happen in Europe. Okay? So the Little Ice Age..."
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"...Church. Okay? So this is Fray Dossena. We won't read. John Wycliffe is a British person who was, he was not punished when he..."
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"Protestantism, okay? And we'll discuss Martin Luther next class. Next class we'll discuss the rise of capitalism. All right? Any questions, guys? Yes?"
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"...want to destroy the feudal order, all right? This is John Wycliffe. He is an Englishman. He is a theologian, widely respected. But he..."
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"Eventually, the church deemed him a heretic, okay? They called him a heretic. But the problem is, at this point, he's dead. So what..."
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"and this will end the authority of the Catholic Church in Northern Europe and begin a new age for Europe, all right? So we'll..."
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"...many thinkers, theologians, who opposed the Catholic Church. People like John Wycliffe, J.N. Haas, and they were eventually condemned as heretics, and the rebellion..."
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Rome fails to build a bureaucracy, Byzantium survives behind walls, and Western Europe is ruled by a stranger empire: a church that claims the sky, the soul, and the right to make impossible doctrine...
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The Protestant Reformation begins as liberation from priest, pope, and ritual.
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