The Impact Of Ottoman Threat On Protestant Movement

Germany Protestant Reformation is a momentous revolution in Christendom, even inthe history of human civilizations, probing into the causation of its success is significant tounderstanding the social progress in early modern Europe and the emergence of Europe.But for a long time, when the scholars in civil academe research the causation of its success,they always focus on the inside of Western society,do not relate its success with itscontemporary inter-civilizational background, inter-civilizational politics and conflict, andOttoman threat, neglect its external causations.From the angle of civilizations, this dissertation will analyze the warfare betweenChristianity Civilization and Islam-Ottoman Civilization, the conflicts inside ChristianityCivilization, and the impact of these conflicts upon Protestant Reformation in Germany,and draw an outline of the international politics and relations, and explain its externalcausations objectively.In the first chapter of the dissertation, it will explain the necessity of relating Ottomanthreat with Lutheranism first, which is based on some discussion by Foreign academicianabout the impact of Ottoman threat on Protestant Reformation, and that illustrate thecivilizations situation in early sixteen century Europe, the strengthening of Ottoman threatand the occurrence of Protestant Reformation. In the second chapter, it describes principallyhow the former upgraded and impinged on Christendom, how it with the conflicts insideChristendom together worked on the course of Lutheranism movement, and the aftereffectof these impact, and the final success of Lutheranism. The third chapter, using the theorieson the clash and intercourse of Civilizations and on international relations, it discoursesupon the mode and characteristic of the impact. The forth, Using the theories of the clashand intercourse among Civilizations and international relations, it explains the fashion andcharacteristic of the impact. In the end, it summarizes the impact, and point out its role inthe success of Germany Protestant Reformation.In a word, as an external causation, Ottoman threat inflicts an important impact on thecourse of Protestant Reformation, facilitates the development of Protestant objectively,advances the change of the Western Europe society.