protestant reformantion

The Protestant Reformation was a highly impact event that led to multiple wars that were fought on European soil, and caused massive changes in diplomacy between different states. In real life, Iberia, the Italian states, France, and multiple German entities kept ties to Rome, while England and...

Let's say that France, Austria, Hungary, and Poland all converted to Protestantism while the Ottomans invade and conquer Italy. With most of Europe divided between Protestants and the Ottomans, how does Spain handle this? Would Spain become a hermit empire only interacting with its colonies or...

What if, rather than throwing the realm into turmoil and starting the English Reformation, Henry VIII had instead opted for polygamy rather than divorce? By taking a second wife (if not more), while staying married to Catherine and maintaining his support of both her and the Princess Mary, I...

If the Reformation never happened, say Martin Luther, Jean Calvin and other reformers weren't born and Henry VIII doesn't do that thing, what would the effects of that be on the European colonization of the Americas? This TL assumes that the Church would eventually reform itself, because even...

With a pod after 1521, how can we get the Archduchy of Austria become majority Protestant? Would the local Hapsburgs decide to convert or was there an otl Protestant house to take their place? Would they remain united with Bohemia or were the Hussites too different to reconcile and they still...

Here is the completed version of Henry Tudor, Heretic and Father of Kings. It can be discussed here. 1502 “The English court held their collective breaths as both the Prince and Princess of Wales fell ill sometime during March of 1502, probably with the sweating sickness that was commonly...

Based off an old thread I did a year ago, but didn't want to do thread necromancy, and also an updated religious map What if, a string of Popes in Rome that are so corrupt, so incompetent, and does something so stupid (Like maybe making the Roman Papacy hereditary) that they shatter the view of...

What if, a string of Popes in Rome that are so corrupt, so incompetent, and does something so stupid (Like maybe making the Roman Papacy hereditary) that they shatter the view of the Roman Papacy. Later when the Protestant Reformation happens, the Catholic world just shatters, and New Antipopes...

During his time at the University of Erfurt, Martin Luther was initially a law student, but switched to studying theology and philosophy. What if he continued studying law and became a lawyer instead of a friar?