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![Catherine the Great](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/17776.jpg?v=1692749584)
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Catherine the Great
Catherine II of Russia (Catherine the Great) was empress regent of Russia from 1762-1796. She was born in Prussia to Prince Christian August of Anhalt-Zerbst (1690-1747) and Princess Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp (1712-1760), and...
![Andreas Karlstadt](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/15664.jpeg?v=1705190586)
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Andreas Karlstadt
Andreas Karlstadt (also given as Carlstadt, l. 1486-1541) was a reformer, theologian, and early supporter of Martin Luther (l. 1483-1546) in the movement that became known as the Protestant Reformation. Karlstadt was one of Luther's most...
![Martin Luther](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/10937.jpg?v=1712889243)
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Martin Luther
Martin Luther (l. 1483-1546) was a German priest, monk, and theologian who became the central figure of the religious and cultural movement known as the Protestant Reformation. Even though earlier reformers had expressed Luther's views, his...
![Philip Melanchthon](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14843.jpg?v=1644474602)
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Philip Melanchthon
Philip Melanchthon (l. 1497-1560) was a German scholar and theologian who provided the intellectual rationale and systematized theology for the reformed vision of Christianity of his friend Martin Luther (l. 1483-1546). He was always overshadowed...
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Luther's Ninety-Five Theses Nailed to the Wittenberg Church's Door
Joseph Fiennes as Martin Luther (l. 1483-1546) nailing the Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the Wittenberg church in the movie Luther (2003).
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![Diet of Worms](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14837.png?v=1707871747)
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Diet of Worms
The Diet of Worms (January-May 1521) was the assembly convened by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor to address, among other issues, the works of the reformer Martin Luther (l. 1483-1546) who openly criticized the Church. Luther was told to recant...
![Protestant Reformation](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14972.png?v=1713958083)
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Protestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation (1517-1648) refers to the widespread religious, cultural, and social upheaval of 16th-century Europe that broke the hold of the medieval Church, allowing for the development of personal interpretations of the Christian...
![Katharina von Bora](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/15003.jpg?v=1644474602)
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Katharina von Bora
Katharina von Bora (l. 1499-1552, also known as Katherine Luther) was a former nun who married Martin Luther (l. 1483-1546) in 1525. She, along with some fellow nuns, escaped their convent with Luther's help in 1523 in response to his reform...
![Thomas Müntzer](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/15228.jpg?v=1683518105)
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Thomas Müntzer
Thomas Müntzer (l. c. 1489-1525) was a German theologian and apocalyptic preacher who became one of the leaders of the German Peasants' War (1524-1525). An early follower of the reformer Martin Luther (l. 1483-1546), Müntzer established his...
![Martin Bucer](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/15697.jpeg?v=1713071403)
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Martin Bucer
Martin Bucer (l. 1491-1551) was a German reformer and theologian who had been a Dominican friar and priest until converted to the Protestant vision by Martin Luther (l. 1483-1546) c. 1518. Bucer is best known for his focus on unity among...