Why was the Reformation a reactionary, punitive, and intolerant event? Based on Christian notions of ethnicity, their policies towards Anabaptists, and their marriage ordinances. Source: Ann Tlusty, Augsburg during the Reformation Era.

Based on the letters of Anna Buschler (primary source found within the book called the Burgermeister’s daughter), the documents in Tlusty’s book on Augsburg regarding the treatment of Jews, notions of ethnicity, policies towards Anabaptists, and marriage ordinances. (Tlusty, pp. 25-32, 80-85, 89-120, 185-200). Given these sources, why was the Reformation a reactionary, punitive, and intolerant macro-historical event?