Disputation - Emergence of Protestantism (1518-1550)

Emergence of Protestantism (1518-1550)

Martin Luther opened the Protestant Reformation by demanding a disputation upon his 95 theses, 31 October 1517. Although presented as a call to an ordinary scholastic dispute, the oral debate never occurred.

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