CHAPTER IX.

Triple Game between Francis I., Henry VIII., and Charles IV.--Leo X.--Luther--The Diet of Worms--Protestantism Born--Margrave of Brandenburg Usurps Sovereignty over Prussia--The Peasants War--The Augsburg Confession--Charles V. Thwarted--Protestantism a Dominant Power in his Empire--Schisms in the New Faith--Calvinism--Reformers--Lutherans--The Schmalkaldian League--Anabaptists--Abdication of Charles V.--Philip II.--Death of Charles--Ferdinand I.--Council of Trent--Society of Jesus