What was the movement that resulted in the creation of the protestant churches?

The Protestant churches were created as a protest against the power and policies of the Roman Catholic Church, especially, in cases where the Roman Catholic Church supported one country against another. In many cases, these bad policies came from the Pope's insufficient control over actions the R.C. priesthood. The priest's also limited study of The Bible, except to their own students. When the Bible could be printed and translated and distributed outside of the monastery, to the ordinary people, it became possible to set upchurchesindependentfrom the Roman Catholic Church.Early protestant movements, the Lollards, Hussites, Anabaptists and then theHuguenots were crushed by the Roman Catholic Church and governments in alliance with the church, but eventually the Lutherans in Northern Europe were able to survive and become established. Then a number of Calvinist and Puritan movements became established in England, Scotland, Netherlands and Switzerland, under the protection of the government. The Anglican movement in England developed with similarities to the Roman Catholic Church, but outside the authority of the Pope. It is a Protestant Church, but has very few theological differences, other than the primacy of the Pope, and the necessity of celibacy for its Priesthood.