The Day of The Theses: Luther's Protest, 31 October 1517 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798264107047)

On a raw October morning in 1517 a professor slid inked propositions into an archbishop's hand-and the humming presses of northern Europe did the rest. What began as a procedural disputation became public argument: shorthand slogans in taverns, printed broadsides in market squares, and a moral question that threatened money, office, and conscience. The Day of the Theses follows that sliver of time when a scholar's provocation met an information network hungry for controversy.

Witty, incisive, and sharply reported, JD Arden tracks the mechanics as much as the motives-printing houses and itinerant students, indulgence preachers and wary princes-showing how ideas travel, mutate, and force institutions to choose. Read this for a clear, scene-rich account of how a single act of dissent widened into a test of belief and power-and why the speed of that moment still matters today.

Author: Jd Arden
ISBN-13: 9798264107047
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 09/06/2025
Pages: 46
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.17lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.10d