Changing ideas about religion
The The 16th century religious revolution that led to the establishment of the Protestant churches. - when millions of people rejected the A group of Christians who accept the Pope in Rome as their leader. Church and turned to Christians who broke away from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation. They believe in the teachings of the Bible but reject the authority of the Pope. Churches - was one of the key changes in European history and it had a significant effect on When people move from one place to another. to Britain.
In 1500 England was a Roman Catholic country. By 1750, after the turmoil of the 16th century Reformation and the 17th century A war between groups of people from the same country., Britain was the leading Protestant power in Europe. Christians whose religious leader is the Pope. Spain and France were its main enemies.
The country became a key place of safety for Protestant A person living outside their own homeland as a result of war, famine or persecution.. These included:
- French speaking people in a region that is now part of Belgium. In the 16th century Protestant Walloons came to England as refugees. from what is now Belgium.
- French Protestants, many of whom came to England as refugees in the 16th and 17th centuries. from France.
- People from the lower Rhineland in what is now Germany, mainly Protestant, who arrived in England as refugees in the early 18th century. from what is now Germany.
They were all initially welcomed but were eventually treated very differently based on their wealth and the skills they could offer.
By the mid-18th century, British society was more accepting of different religious practices, partly thanks to The action of coming to live permanently in another country.. Protestant and Jewish communities had their own places of worship and similar freedoms were being offered to A Protestant who does not conform to the established Church of England. and, eventually, Catholics.
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