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The Reformation’s First Myth

Season 1 Episode 4 | 2m 58s

Martin Luther, a monk, nailed a document on a church door attacking the Roman Catholic church, believing it to be corrupt. However, Luther had hundreds of volumes of writing detailing his life, but there was no mention of this famous act.

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