Martin Luther and the

Protestant Reformation

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History

Trade led to Europe’s revival

Art and culture improved

New inventions travelled to Europe

from the East

Johannes Gutenberg’s Printing Press

Based on Korean “movable type”

What was the Printing Press?

The printing press encouraged literacy

The printing press produced more books in 50 years than ever before

The Printing Press also rapidly spread the ideas of the Protestant Reformation

What was the Protestant

Reformation?

Who was Martin Luther?

What was the Protestant Reformation?

Let’s Review

- Literacy rates improved as Europe transitioned to the Renaissance

- The Printing Press, a way of mass-printing books, encouraged people to read.

- The most printed book – the Bible.

- People began to read the Bible and noticed some discrepancies…

- The Catholic Church sold indulgences to its parishioners.

- Martin Luther protested these practices and wrote the 95 theses, pinning them to a Church, and starting the Protestant Reformation.