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Martin Luther stands before Emperor Karl V and a gathered court at the Diet of Worms, gesturing as he refuses to recant, surrounded by clergy and officials in a grand hall. Pope Leo X
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Martin Luther stands before Emperor Karl V and a gathered court at the Diet of Worms, gesturing as he refuses to recant, surrounded by clergy and officials in a grand hall.
Diet of Worms Martin Luther's appearance before the Diet of Worms, Germany, 1521.

Diet of Worms

Germany [1521]
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Diet of Worms, meeting of the Diet (assembly) of the Holy Roman Empire held at Worms, Germany, in 1521, made famous by Martin Lutherā€™s appearance before it to respond to charges of heresy. Because of the confused political and religious situation of the time, Luther was called before the political authorities rather than before the pope or a council of the Roman Catholic Church. In June 1520 Pope Leo X condemned 41 of Lutherā€™s Ninety-five...

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