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He became the first European to use moveable type to print books. Used his printing press to copies of the bible.
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Printing Presses where operating in England, France, Germany, Italy, and several other European nations. The books that these printing presses produced helped spread new humanist ideas to a large audience.
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He wrote the essay The Prince. He sought to describe government not in terms of lofty ideals but in a way that actually worked.
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More published The Utopia. He condemned goverments as corrupt and argued that private ownership of property causes unnecessary conflicts between people.
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Luther claimed that tetzel committed a grave error by asking people to give up money for false promises of forgiveness. He posted 95 theses, or statements, about indulgences on a church door.
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Pope Leo X declared Luther a heretic. He excommunicated Luther from the Roman Catholic Church.
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He published a book that was probably the most famous of the renaissance. The Book of the Courtier. He used real people engaged in fictional conversations to explain how gentlemen and gentlewomen should act in polite society.
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He founded a Protestant Church that had a strong following. He also formulated and published a complete and clear set of religious beliefs, The Institutes of Christian Religion.
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He issused the Edict of Nantes. The proclimation gave the Huguenots freedom of worship and some political rights.
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They were established in parts of Europe. In these areas the strength of the Calvinists among the nobility persuaded the rulers to change their views.
