The Renaissance

in which he condemned in the strongest
terms the freedom of Jews to follow their
faith and advocated their homes and places
of work be burned to the ground. In the
meantime, the Protestant Reformation was
taken up in Scandinavia, England, the Low

Countries, and in France, where the

struggle between Catholic and Protestant

would turn into a virtual civil war.

SEEALSO: Diet of Augsburg; Hus, Jan; Ref-

ormation, Protestant

Luther, Martin