The holy roman empire avoided warfare during the protestant reformation

A. True

B. False

FALSE

There was warfare already within the Holy Roman Empire during the Protestant Reformation. Martin Luther's ideas played a role in sparking the Peasants' War in Germany (1524-25), as peasants revolted against nobles and landlords. The peasants took Luther's reform movement against the church as a signal for changing society as a whole - - which was not something Luther himself supported. The nobles put down the peasants' revolts, but it was definitely not a peaceful time.

Immediately following Luther's death, war broke out between the forces of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, and Lutheran princes. Charles V went to war against the Lutheran princes in the Smalcald Wars (1546-57) to try to force them back into adherence to Catholicism. There were ongoing struggles in the years after that, and ultimately, the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) was waged in the German territories (aka the Holy Roman Empire) over religious and other issues.