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Protestantism has been in existence for only five hundred years, but those five centuries have been tumultuous. In the following account, Protestant history is divided into four periods that reflect the movement’s changing identity and geographic expansion. The first section focuses on the movement’s European origins (1500–1650). This is followed by sections on the internal diversification of Protestantism (1650–1800), Protestantism’s global expansion (1800–1950), and Protestantism’s contemporary connections and divisions (1950 to the present).