PBS8y
The Reluctant Revolutionary
(Martin Luther) When an obscure monk named Martin Luther nailed 95 Theses - 95 stinging rebukes - attacking the mighty Catholic Church, and its head, Pope Leo X to the door of Wittenberg Cathedral ...
PBS8y
Driven to Defiance
Martin Luther was born into a world dominated by the Catholic Church, which holds spiritual dominion over all the nations of Europe. For the keenly spiritual Luther, the Church's promise of ...
500 years ago, German peasants revolted – but their faith that the Protestant Reformation stood for freedom was dashed by Martin Luther and the nobility
The peasants had economic grievances, to be sure, but they also drew inspiration from the message of freedom, or “Fryheit” in ...
BBC3y
The Reformation and its impact
In 1517, a German priest and former monk named Martin Luther published a series of criticisms of the Catholic Church. This was the beginning of a new branch of Christianity, which became known as ...
BBC13y
The Scottish Reformation
Martin Luther on Protestantism (1520 ... distracted from God's glory by the glitter and rich hangings of the Catholic Church. For the men who "cleansed the altars" this was direct action against ...