Introduction


Martin Luther before the Diet of Worms. Luther was called before the assembly to recant his views regarding the Catholic Church.
The Reformation, sometimes called the Protestant Reformation, was a sixteenth-century movement to reform the doctrines (established beliefs) and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. The starting point of the Reformation is often given as 1517, when German monk and professor of theology (study of religion) Martin Luther (1483–1546) nailed his Ninety-Five Theses (arguments or assertions) to the door of Castle Church at Wittenberg in Germany. -- History Fact Finder "What Was The Reformation?"