==History==
===Pre-Reformation Protestants===
Before the official beginning of the Reformation, groups like the [[Waldenses]] and [[Albigenses]] adhered to Protestant doctrines, and were thus persecuted by the Catholic Church.<ref>[http://reformationhappens.com/works/Waldenses/ Foxe's Book of Martyrs, Chapter IV]</ref> Similarly, figures such as [[Jan Hus]] and [[John Wycliffe]] are considered reformers, despite acting before 1517. Luther claimed that he was distinguished from the previous reformers by going to the theological root of Catholic corruption.<ref>[Reformation,] Encyclopædia Brittannica. </ref>
*[[Huguenots]], Protestant in France
*[[Church of England]]
==See also==
*[[Andreas Rudolf Bodenstein von Carlstadt]]