Martin Luther

Task: Students should watch the documentary about Martin Luther (links above)
and be ready to discuss ALL Key Terms and questions upon return in August.
Thanks!˜

Key Terms

plague,
The Church,
Martin Luther,
Black Death,
monk,
Salvation
soul,
ascetic,
pilgrim,
Sistine Chapel,
Renaissance,
Papacy,
cynicism,
indulgence,
purgatory,
confession,
absolved,
Johann von Staupitz,
revelation,
Leo X,
salvation by faith,
Wittenberg,
95 Theses, 1517, Gutenberg, Printing Press, consternation, heretic, tumult,
excommunication, Frederick the Wise, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, Diet of
Worms, 1521, antichrist, sacraments, “Here I stand”, Wartburg Castle,
Reformation, apocalyptic biblical conflict, Protestantism, irrepressible,

Essential Questions

● How many children died before they were five in 1483?

● What was the most powerful institution in 15th century Europe?

● What was Luther’s childhood like?

 Martin Luther

● What role did the Black Death play in Luther’s life?

● Why did Luther become a monk?

● How did going to Rome in 1510 affect Luther?

● What happened to Luther in Wittenberg?

● What role did Pope Leo X play in Luther’s revolutionary thinking?

● What was the Pope’s response to Luther’s 95 Theses?

● What happened at the Diet of Worms?

● Why did German princes put down peasant revolts?

● Why does the documentary give only one minute to Luther’s anti-
Semitism?