Martin Luther's Diet Of Worms Research Paper

Martin Luther was a German monk, and professor of theology. He affected his society in many ways. He gave the Catholic Church his ninety-five theses. He created the diet of worms. Martin Luther was also the dominant leader of the German peasant’s war. When Martin Luther was 19 years old he went to the university in Erfurt. After he got his masters degree in the year of 1505, he then started his law studies but he decided that he wanted to become a monk in Erfurt at a Catholic Church. Over the years Martin Luther saw some wrong things in the Catholic Church and did not want to be there anymore.

So Martin Luther gave the church his ninety-five theses in the year of 1517. It stated that he saw abuse in the church. He saw that they

So Martin Luther wanted to leave the church. Another reason why Martin Luther wrote his ninety-five theses was because he did not agree with the way the Catholic Church taught religion. The Catholic Church used paintings when they taught religion and they did not want people reading the word of God.

So that was the way the Catholic Church taught Catholics. In 1521 Martin Luther convened the Diet of Worms. The Diet of Worms was a meeting held in Germany. The reason he created the meeting was because of the effects of the protestant reformation of the Catholic Church. At the Diet of Worms the church and the emperor wanted Martin Luther to renounce his teachings. Every assembly that Martin Luther attended they kept telling him to take back his teachings. After Martin Luther was dismissed from the assembly the emperor made an Imperial Act. The law was that everyone can kill Martin Luther without punishment. Martin Luther was also a dominant leader of the German peasants war .

From 1524-1525 the peasants war was a popular and large uprising in Europe.

Martin Luther was against the peasants because they were not