GED Social Studies : Notable Historic Societies
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Example Question #11 : Society Development
Which of these leaders was at one time head of the Holy Roman Empire?
Julius Caesar
Charlemagne
King Henry II
Queen Catherine the Great
Justinian the First
Charlemagne
The Holy Roman Empire was nominally created from the ruins of the Western Roman Empire during the so-called Dark Ages of European history. Charlemagne, a Frankish King in the early ninth century, was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 C.E.
Example Question #242 : Content Areas
Which of these figures is most closely associated with the Protestant Reformation?
Wilhelm von Bismarck
Winston Churchill
Martin Luther
David Lloyd George
Frederick the Great
Martin Luther
The Protestant Reformation began in Europe in the early sixteenth century. Specifically it can be traced to 1517, when the German monk nailed his 95 Theses to the door of a Church in Germany. Lutheranism was the first major religion of the Protestant Reformation, followed shortly by Calvinism (John Calvin), Zwinglism (Ulrich Zwingli), and Anglicanism (Henry VIII).
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