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19th century 'Protestant work ethic' at heart of Europe’s North/South debt crisis split

Research from the UK suggests the 19th century "protestant work ethic" could have given the economies of northern Europe a head start on their southern neighbors, and is still shaping popular northern ...
Case Western Reserve University

Study: Europe’s economy still boosted by Protestant Reformation, 500 years later

In 1517, Martin Luther ushered in the Reformation by posting his Ninety-Five Theses to a church door in Germany. Within a decade, groups formed that became the Lutherans, Methodists, Baptists and ...
Pew Research Center

Five Centuries After Reformation, Catholic-Protestant Divide in Western Europe Has Faded

Pope Benedict XVI embraces with Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, left, in London’s Westminster Abbey during an evening prayer service in September 2010. (Richard Pohle/WPA Pool/Getty Images) ...