As Luther began to gain followers, other religious groups began to appear and spread out of Lutherism under the name of being a Protestant.
There were the Calvinists...
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...and the Anabaptists.
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These new religions resulted in many riots and groups being persecuted such as the Anabaptists who Luther himself called out as heretics because of their belief that women should take part in the Church, the pacifist path, and the complete separation of Church and State.
Charles V (otherwise known as "Chuckie") was known as the "last medieval emperor" because of his dreams of uniting the entirety of Europe under his "Christendom" instead of focusing solely on his own country and its problems. His ideals did not match with other countries and Europe bloomed with new religions(such as the Calvinism and Anabaptism). As a result, Charles V and his country of Germany fell behind. He soon realized that he could not save everybody with Christianity...
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