I got to thinking about the Protestant Reformation today and while it obviously had a huge impact on the area of Europe we call Germany, it seems the further you go from there the less influential the split really was (England notwithstanding). I know the French Huguenots were a fairly large 'heretic' population in Catholic France, but I can't recall ever hearing about any major movements in Italy (or Spain, for that matter!). Was the influence of the Catholic Church simply so great in the Italian peninsula that no one sided with Luther?
A reply to /u/porpoiseses
The Reformation started under many flavors in Italy, however if you speak specifically of the Lutheran Reformation that led to schism, it was not effectively propagated to Italy.
Luther's later efforts tended to focus on a German audience, writing in German and addressing issues strongly contested in German speaking lands. For example, the Luther bible contained a German translation, he wrote hymns in German, a mass in German, and had writings addressing German politics and rulers. As such, it took time for his ideas and for his theology to be transmitted fully to Italy.
At the same time, Italy saw a rising influence of the Spanish crowns. This brought the Spanish Inquisition to parts of Italy such as Naples, complementing the Roman Inquisition elsewhere.
Calvinism came later, including Huguenots from France, but only at a time the two Inquisitions had taken strong roots in Italian lands.