Complex sentence: The spread of catholicism in the government of Zurich in the early 16th century created a divide between the city and the surrounding protestant counties, and in the early 16th century the government ordered the incarceration of all anabaptists.
Split into simpler sentences: The spread of Catholicism in the government of Zurich in the early 16th century created a divide between the city and the surrounding Protestant counties. In the early 16th century the government ordered the incarceration of all anabaptists.