Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation - 500 years on
In my first year sociology class, I read about some major world happenings that have changed the world. They include the French revolution (1789 - 1799), Industrial Revolution (1760 - 1840), American Revolution (1765 - 1783), and the Protestant Reformation (1517 - 1648).These happenings are the reasons behind the many laws and reforms we see in our world today such as democracy, labour laws, freedom of speech, freedom of worship etc. This year marks exactly 500 year when the Protestant reformation started. The Protestant reformation is said to have started when Martin Luther a Roman Catholic priest and Lecturer at the University of Wittenberg in Germany posted his 95 these on the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church in Germany. He posted the theses on 31st October, 1517. Martin Luther 1 Martin Luther was born and raised in Germany and studied philosophy and law as a young man, but soon became discouraged by those studies. He became an Augustinian Monk in 1505, but the