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Protestant Reformation Movement is an important part of Christian history. It was the catalyst of change Catholics needed to reform the Church at that time.

Is Lucas Cranach the Elder, painter, engraver, printmaker and illustrator, the most important artist of the German Renaissance or just another also-ran?

By 1517 German princes were ready to embrace a local movement that, while begun as a debate on Church practices and beliefs, encompassed elements of political reform.

Lutherstadt Wittenberg is closely associated with the Lutheran Reformation in Germany. Popular sights include the Lutherhaus Museum, Schlosskirche, and Cranach Workshop.

The Diet of Worms, into which Martin Luther was summoned by the political and religious hierarchies of Medieval Christendom, gave the Reformation its own defining moment.

The Protestant Reformation began in Germany, when Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses, calling for reform of the Christian Church.

The immediate intellectual context into which the Protestant Reformation was born was the Renaissance.

Protestants believe that the Reformation in the 16th century was a product of Divine Providence for which the political context surrounding this event is a case in point.