The Edict of Worms was issued by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in 1521 at the close of the Diet of Worms, an imperial assembly Charles had called at the city of Worms, to which he had summoned the German monk Martin Luther to answer for his writings after Pope Leo X had condemned them in a papal bull. When Luther, questioned before the assembly, refused to recant his views, Charles responded with the edict, which declared him a notorious heretic and forbade the people of the Holy Roman Empire from spreading his teachings. Although the Protestant Reformation is usually dated to Luther's actions in 1517, the Edict of Worms is considered the first open breach within the church associated with it.
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Did the Edict of Worms apply only to Martin Luther?
It also targeted his followers and his writings and anyone who reproduced or sold them.
No. The emperor issued the edict in May 1521 in the name of the Diet of Worms, and it was directed against Luther, his followers and his writings. It also reached anyone who reproduced or sold those writings, which made it a legal basis for action against the wider reform movement and not only against one man.
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conducted in the Imperial Free City of Worms. ... At the end of the diet, the Emperor issued the Edict of Worms
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WikipediaAftermath section, sentence on the Edict of Worms, 'a decree' clause
At the end of the diet, the Emperor issued the Edict of Worms (Wormser Edikt), a decree which condemned Luther as "a notorious heretic" and banned citizens of the Empire from propagating his ideas.
Aftermath section, sentence giving the edict's date
The Edict of Worms was a decree issued on 25 May 1521 by Emperor Charles V.
Aftermath section, sentence on the Edict of Worms, 'At the end of the diet' clause
At the end of the diet, the Emperor issued the Edict of Worms (Wormser Edikt), a decree which condemned Luther as "a notorious heretic" and banned citizens of the Empire from propagating his ideas.
Aftermath section, sentence on the Edict of Worms, parenthetical German title
At the end of the diet, the Emperor issued the Edict of Worms (Wormser Edikt), a decree which condemned Luther as "a notorious heretic" and banned citizens of the Empire from propagating his ideas.
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The Diet of Worms of 1521
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The Diet of Worms of 1521 (German: Reichstag zu Worms [ˈʁaɪçstaːk tsuː ˈvɔʁms]) was an imperial diet (a formal deliberative assembly) of the Holy Roman Empire called by Emperor Charles V and conducted in the Imperial Free City of Worms.
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