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Find out...- about Martin Luther's life- about the dawning of a new era in the reformation- about the struggels betweenemperors, kings, princes, knights, town dwellers and peasnts in the Holy Roman Empire- how Melanchton, Bugenhagen and Spalatin met around the table in the Luthers' home
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It was in the year 1517...Dr Martin Luther, Augustiinian monk and professor at the University of Wittenberg draws up his 95 Theses condemning the sale of papal indulgencies and invites theologians to a disputation in Wittenberg.This invitation leads to protests across Europe against the injustices of the time - and Wittenberg is at the epicenter of this movement. Time and again, Luther's temper is about to explode but his wife Katharina von Bora manages to rein him in.
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Dr. Thomas Dahms studied at hte universities of Göttingen (Germany) and Durham (UK); he has a doctorate inHistory and works as a researcher of cultural landscapes.