the Diet of Worms‚ an assembly of the Holy Roman Empire. He refused to recant and Emperor Charles V declared him an outlaw and a heretic. Luther went into hiding at Wartburg Castle. In 1522‚ he returned to Wittenberg and in 1525 married Katharina von Bora‚ a former nun‚ with whom he had six children. Luther then became involved in the controversy surrounding the Peasants War (1524 - 1526)‚ the leaders of which had used Luther’s arguments to justify their revolt. He rejected their demands and
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Martin Luther’s speech at Diet of Worms was a defense of his 95 theses‚ and his other works. He was asked if he wrote them‚ and then he was asked if he wished to retract anything. He agreed that he wrote them‚ and he refused to retract them for several reasons. Luther cited multiple reasons for not retracting his writing‚ one being that he believes in what he wrote and as the main crusader for the protestant faith he cannot retract his statements‚ “What‚ then‚ should I be doing if I were now to retract
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The movie begins with Martin Luther terrified in the middle of a storm and trying to escape. He pleads to God and promises that he will become a monk if God lets him live. Luther survives and becomes a monk like he promised God. He travels to Rome to deliver a priest’s letters. While he is there he sees how corrupt Rome has become. Luther decides to buy an indulgence for his grandfather in hoped that he will leave Purgatory and go to heaven. Luther realizes how wrong the selling of indulgences and
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Spread across nearly 2‚000‚000 square miles of the South Pacific‚ in an area as large as the continent of Europe‚ lies the Territory of French Polynesia and its principal island‚ Tahiti. Settlers from Southeast Asia are thought to have first arrived in the Marquesas Islands‚ in the northeastern part of what is today called French Polynesia‚ around 300 AD and in the Society Islands‚ including Tahiti‚ to the west by about 800 AD. Prior to the first European contact‚ the islands were ruled by a hierarchy
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nation’s Treasury be dubbed as a ‘sty’? The answer lies in taking a tour of this 4500-acre estate. I once wrote a satirical letter to editor that USA was looking for OBL in the wrong place. That guy was probably hiding in SITE because it looked like Tora Bora. Today‚ it is many times worse than that. From the moment one passes through one of the many entry points‚ be it from Banaras Colony‚ or from Mauripur Road‚ or from Nazimabad‚ or from Metroville or any other entry point‚ till the time one leaves the
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anaconda was US operation against the Taliban. The operation took place in the Shahi-Kot Valley and Arma Mountains southeast of Zormat. This operation was the first large-scale battle in the United States War in Afghanistan since the Battle of Tora Bora in December 2001. The operation consisted of 1‚700 airlifted U.S. troops and 1‚000 pro-government Afghan militia battled between 300 too 1‚000 al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters to obtain control of the valley. The Taliban and al-Qaida forces fired mortars and
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Background Information on Crocodile Tears‚ Anthony Horowitz Anthony Horowitz‚ a New York Times best-selling author‚ has written over 40 books. Some of his books include the Alex Rider series. Horowitz specializes in mystery and suspense. The book‚ Crocodile Tears‚ is the eighth book in the series. It was written in December of 2009 (www.anthonyhorowitz.com). Summary Some people serve their country with no purpose. Other’s‚ such as Alex Rider‚ do have a purpose‚ some more personal than others.
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Martin Luther was born on November 10‚ 1483‚ in the town of Eisleben‚ Germany. His parents‚ Hans and Margarethe Luther‚ having some success in mining‚ were only considered to be a peasant family. Due to an abundance of ore deposits‚ the Luther family relocated to Mansfield in 1484. In 1501‚ Martin Luther entered the University of Erfurt and earned a Master of Arts in Philosophy. While his goal seemed to be toward becoming a lawyer‚ Luther had a life-changing experience in 1505. He was caught
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Monastery‚ keeping a promise he made to saint Anna. The years to follow would prove to be the defining period of his life that people today know him for‚ instilling the wrath of God in the world. Later in 1525‚ Luther was married to Katherine von Bora. Katherine was sixteen years younger than he was. They had six children together after their marriage. They met by trying to escape from her nunnery. They both ended up in Wittenberg together when they first started to have communication. They
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and the past ‚ all the old ways‚ Gone now and scattered” It is not only his community that he writes about going and being replaced but their culture‚ traditions and values also; “We are strangers here now‚ but the white tribe are the strangers” ‘The bora ring is gone The corroboree is gone And we are going” He shows the negative perspective
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