The Religious Movement: The Events Leading To The Reformation

Reform the name is designated the religious movement initiated by Martin Luther that would lead to Protestantism. The religious division of the continent which led the Reformation began in 1520, when the German monk Martin Luther was excommunicated by Pope Leo X for his fierce criticism of the religious policy of the popes, who became merchants havens and salvation good price; three years before, Luther himself had hung his diatribe (the famous ninety-five theses) on the doors of the church of Wittenberg. This seemingly banal event was the trigger of a long process of breaking. A few months later, at the Diet of Worms (1521), Luther's refusal to recant before the Emperor Carlos V, become defender of Catholic orthodoxy, also marked his political