In 1521, an imperial assembly met to decide the fate of Martin Luther
The course of Western civilization shifted in 1521 when an imperial assembly gathered to determine if the defiant monk Martin Luther would be condemned for his revolutionary religious ideas.
In January 1521, the Diet of Worms was convened by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V to address the growing tensions of the Protestant Reformation. Martin Luther had been excommunicated by the Pope and was summoned to renounce his writings. His refusal to back down transformed a local theological dispute into a massive political and social revolution.
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