Most threads about the Reformation seem to focus on its impact on later events rather than the Reformation itself. It did not come out of nowhere and I don't think you could 'stop' it from happening without major butterflies.
So in what ways do you think the movement could have been at least hobbled? In terms of the movement itself and/or Catholic responses.
Pope Adrian VI, the last non-Italian pope until the 20th century, openly blamed the failings and corruption of the Roman curia for encouraging such heresy, however he ruled for only about 18 months (1522-1523) and was very much an outsider to Roman politics. He also attacked indulgences & dispensations.
Could, for example, a longer lived Adrian oversee a much earlier *Counter-Reformation? A *Council of Trent to codify Catholic doctrine and answer some of the reformers complaints, such as restrictions on indulgences?
So in what ways do you think the movement could have been at least hobbled? In terms of the movement itself and/or Catholic responses.
Pope Adrian VI, the last non-Italian pope until the 20th century, openly blamed the failings and corruption of the Roman curia for encouraging such heresy, however he ruled for only about 18 months (1522-1523) and was very much an outsider to Roman politics. He also attacked indulgences & dispensations.
Could, for example, a longer lived Adrian oversee a much earlier *Counter-Reformation? A *Council of Trent to codify Catholic doctrine and answer some of the reformers complaints, such as restrictions on indulgences?