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Luther gets born in Eisleben. He is the son of a rich copper producer. -
Luther entered the University of Erfurt to study Law. He was 18 at that time. -
On a horse trip back home from Erfurt Luther gets into a storm and in this storm he decides to become a monk. -
He gets his doctors degree from the university of Wittenberg to teach there. -
Luther goes to Rome to study, what he experiences there is that the catholic Church is not only about the Church also about the profit, that comes with it.
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Luther outs 95 theses on the church of Wittenberg in which he criticizes the catholic church -
Luther writes to the bishop of Brandenburg about the sale of indulgences and send him the 95 theses.
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Through the printing press being available the writings of Luther were spread around super fast in Europe. -
Three of his best-known works were published in 1520: To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church, and On the Freedom of a Christian. -
Leo threads Luther with excommunication if he does not take back his 95 Theses. -
Luther attends to the diet of Worms to represents his Theses. the emperors there ask him to put away his theses but he refuses. Because of that he gets declared as an outlaw and his theses get banned. -
As a reaction to Luther burning pope Leos letter and for not taking back the 95 Theses he gets excommunicated. -
Luther returns to Wittenberg in secret to speak there, he got accepted there for the first time, by the community and church. Because of that a lot of local revoltes broke out.