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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 48. Chapters: Babur, Huldrych Zwingli, Andrea del Sarto, Simon Fish, Vallabha Acharya, Tilman Riemenschneider, Pedro Arias Davila, Louise of Savoy, Johannes Oecolampadius, Joyce Culpeper, Jan aski, Thomas Bilney, Johannes Stoffler, Hans Burgkmair, Lorenzo Pucci, Fadrique Alvarez de Toledo, 2nd Duke of Alba, Geronimo de Aguilar, Alberto III Pio, Prince of Carpi, Konrad Wimpina, Mary Fiennes, Lady Norris, Hosokawa Takakuni, Malatesta II Baglioni, Walraven II van Brederode, Donal MacCarthy Reagh, 9th Prince of Carbery, Pietro Paolo Agabito, Benedetto Bordone, Louis de Breze, seigneur d'Anet, Askia Musa, Georg, Truchsess von Waldburg, Ivan Karlovi, Hedwig of Munsterberg-Oels, Przec aw Lanckoro ski, Bernardo Parentino, Gerard Cauvin, George Learmond, Richard Bayfield, Teodoro Trivulzio, Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 3rd Duke of l'Infantado, Robert Brudenell, Maria Pacheco, Atoc, Ercole Grandi, Rombout II Keldermans, Vincenzo Catena, Leonik Tomeu, Ullco Colla, Thomas Benet, Margareta of Toszek, Sonam Lhundrup, Diogo de Arruda, Tormoour Sigurosson, Alfonso de Zamora. Excerpt: Huldrych (or Ulrich) Zwingli (1 January 1484 - 11 October 1531) was a leader of the Reformation in Switzerland. Born during a time of emerging Swiss patriotism and increasing criticism of the Swiss mercenary system, he attended the University of Vienna and the University of Basel, a scholarly centre of humanism. He continued his studies while he served as a pastor in Glarus and later in Einsiedeln where he was influenced by the writings of Erasmus. In 1518, Zwingli became the pastor of the Grossmunster in Zurich where he began to preach ideas on reforming the Catholic Church. In his first public controversy in 1522, he attacked the custom of fasting during Lent. In his publications, he noted corruption in the ecclesiastical hierarchy, promoted clerical marriage, and ...
