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Diet of Worms

The Early Modern World

The Diet of Worms of 1521 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. Martin Luther was summoned to the diet to renounce or reaffirm his views in response to a papal bull of Pope Leo X. In answer to questioning, Luther defended the views that had been criticized and refused to recant them. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Year
1521 1
Event Date
1521-01-28 1
Location
Worms, Holy Roman Empire 1
Classification
Event Type
Cultural or Religious Event 1
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Source Wikipedia: Diet of Worms

Participant

Luther appeared before the Diet as the accused, questioned over his writings, not as a participant among equals.

Source Wikipedia: Diet of Worms
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1. Wikipedia: Diet of Worms
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  • Introduction
    In answer to questioning, he defended the views that had been criticized and refused to recant them.
  • Infobox
    28 January - 25 May 1521
  • Diet of Worms: Event Type
    Martin Luther was summoned to the diet to renounce or reaffirm his views in response to a papal bull of Pope Leo X.
  • Participant: Martin Luther, Article body
    In answer to questioning, he defended the views that had been criticized and refused to recant them.
  • In Era: The Early Modern Period, lead paragraph and infobox, dates
    The Diet of Worms of 1521 ( ) was an imperial diet (a formal deliberative assembly) of the Holy Roman Empire called by Emperor Charles V and conducted
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