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Films & Shows Set during the Protestant Reformation

Runs from15171648131 years wide

Shelfmark Liber XXXV

Early Modern Era

4
titles
3 films · 1 series (1 ep)
3.4/5
average rating
across 4 rated titles
20%
of the span is tagged
4 of 20 titles set inside it

See the Protestant Reformation on the timelineEvery year from 1517 to 1648 the archive holds, and what is set in them

Compare the titles of the Protestant Reformation in the CanonsWhat every title on it shares, what two or three share, and what is proper to one

The Chronicle

The events and themes the archive follows through the Protestant Reformation, in the order they happened, each with the titles that depict it. Press a name to read about it in the threads below.

  1. 1184–1870
  2. 1527–1603
    English ReformationReligious

    The great political and religious transformations underwent in Tudor England as a result of Henry VIII's break with the Catholic Church and the establishment of the Church of…

    The TudorsA Man for All SeasonsMary Queen of Scots

Cinematic Introduction

Every title set during the Protestant Reformation, by the decade it came out. A series is placed on the chart by its first season and counts as one title entity.

First on screen
A Man for All Seasons1966
Most recent
Mary Queen of Scots2018

FilmsSerieseach bar is the titles released that decade

Cast of Characters

The historical people the archive’s titles put on screen in this period, grouped by what they are known for. The number is how many titles set here they appear in.

Historical Threads

A thread follows one event or historical theme across the archive, wherever and whenever it appears. Pick a tab to read one; they are in the order they are filed on the timeline. Pulling a thread opens up a narrowed timeline view filtered to every year that thread touches.

English Reformationpull it on the timeline

Process

The great political and religious transformations underwent in Tudor England as a result of Henry VIII's break with the Catholic Church and the establishment of the Church of England. While a part of the wider Protestant Reformation, the English Reformation was particularly intertwined with the politics of 16th century England, ebbing and flowing with the decisions of the monarch and political elite.

3 titles set here · filed under 1527

Also runs throughTudor England3 titles

Places Connected to this Period

Every place the archive’s titles set in this period name, with each one nested under the larger place it sits inside where that place is here too. The number is how many titles set here name it.

Saltiness Across the Period

No title set here has been given a saltiness score yet. That is unrated, which is not the same as accurate.

Archive Density

20%4 of the 20 titles the archive sets between 1517 and 1648 carry the Protestant Reformation tag.

This measure can help illustrate cinematic hotspots within a time period by comparing which years of the overarching, actual historical time period are backed up by a cinematic release.

  1. 1517nothing set here
  2. 15251 of 1 title set in 1525 carries this period
  3. 15260 of 1 title set in 1526 carries this period
  4. 1527nothing set here
  5. 1529nothing set here
  6. 1530nothing set here
  7. 15310 of 1 title set in 1531 carries this period
  8. 15320 of 1 title set in 1532 carries this period
  9. 15351 of 1 title set in 1535 carries this period
  10. 1545nothing set here
  11. 15540 of 1 title set in 1554 carries this period
  12. 1556nothing set here
  13. 15600 of 1 title set in 1560 carries this period
  14. 15611 of 1 title set in 1561 carries this period
  15. 1562nothing set here
  16. 15641 of 1 title set in 1564 carries this period
  17. 15660 of 1 title set in 1566 carries this period
  18. 15670 of 1 title set in 1567 carries this period
  19. 15680 of 1 title set in 1568 carries this period
  20. 15690 of 2 titles set in 1569 carry this period
  21. 15700 of 1 title set in 1570 carries this period
  22. 15720 of 1 title set in 1572 carries this period
  23. 1573nothing set here
  24. 15780 of 1 title set in 1578 carries this period
  25. 15871 of 1 title set in 1587 carries this period
Show all 44 yearsShow the first 25 only · 19 more years, from 1592 to 1648
  1. 1592nothing set here
  2. 1594nothing set here
  3. 15970 of 1 title set in 1597 carries this period
  4. 1598nothing set here
  5. 16000 of 2 titles set in 1600 carry this period
  6. 1603nothing set here
  7. 1604nothing set here
  8. 1605nothing set here
  9. 16070 of 1 title set in 1607 carries this period
  10. 16080 of 1 title set in 1608 carries this period
  11. 16090 of 1 title set in 1609 carries this period
  12. 16150 of 1 title set in 1615 carries this period
  13. 16160 of 1 title set in 1616 carries this period
  14. 16170 of 1 title set in 1617 carries this period
  15. 1620nothing set here
  16. 16300 of 1 title set in 1630 carries this period
  17. 16330 of 1 title set in 1633 carries this period
  18. 16400 of 1 title set in 1640 carries this period
  19. 1648nothing set here

44 years on the timeline fall inside the boundaries, 16 of them with nothing set there yet. The filled part of each bar is the share carrying this period.

Share of the 8 genre taggings across 4 titles set in this period. A title filed under three genres is in three of these slices, so this is a share of taggings rather than of titles.

Credits

Directors

Films only. Co-directors are counted individually, so a director’s solo work and their collaborations are grouped together. Average saltiness ignores any title still unsalted.

Networks

Series only, counted once each however many episodes carry the period. Average saltiness ignores any title still unsalted.

Also on the Timeline

Periods overlap freely so concurrent means the two spans share years, and the shared stretch is named. Bounded means it lies wholly inside this one, beginning and ending more than 10 years within its boundaries. Before and after are the nearest periods lying outside this one, with the gap in years shown instead. A shared thread is what the two have in common besides the calendar, and a period lying wholly outside this one can still share one.

Periods before, during, inside and after Protestant Reformation, with their year ranges, the years they share with it, the threads they share with it, and how many titles the archive holds of each.
RelationPeriodRunsShared yearsShared threadsTitles
BeforeLate Middle Ages1300–150017 years earlierInquisition13 titles in the archive
ConcurrentAge of Discovery1415–16501517–1648none shared6 titles in the archive
ConcurrentFeudal Japan1185–18681517–1648none shared5 titles in the archive
ConcurrentItalian Renaissance1453–15271517–1527none shared1 title in the archive
ConcurrentRurikid Dynasty862–15981517–1598none shared1 title in the archive
ConcurrentSpanish Colonization of the Americas1493–16971517–1648none shared3 titles in the archive
ConcurrentSpanish Golden Age1492–16591517–1648none shared2 titles in the archive
ConcurrentTudor England1485–16031517–1603English Reformation3 titles in the archive
ConcurrentWar of the League of Cognac1526–15301526–1530none shared1 title in the archive
ConcurrentCounter-Reformation1545–16481545–1648Inquisition5 titles in the archive
BoundedReign of Akbar1556–16051556–1605none shared1 title in the archive
BoundedFrench Wars of Religion1562–15981562–1598none shared1 title in the archive
BoundedAzuchi–Momoyama Period1568–16001568–1600none shared2 titles in the archive
ConcurrentRusso-Turkish Wars1568–19181568–1648none shared1 title in the archive
BoundedWar of Cyprus1570–15731570–1573Inquisition1 title in the archive
BoundedImjin War1592–15981592–1598none shared1 title in the archive
ConcurrentStuart England1603–17141603–1648none shared2 titles in the archive
ConcurrentGreat Puritan Migration1620–16401620–1640none shared1 title in the archive
AfterAge of Enlightenment1685–181537 years laterInquisition8 titles in the archive