... the spirit of independence among his temporaries making them fit for republican rule Erasmus- expert in handling greek and latin. Translated the bible into latin. Criticized the church and wrote a book about it. Martin Luther- was a German monk of the H.R.E. he was a priest who maintained his P.H.D. in biblical works and was a teacher of theology at Witten B. University. Luther broke w/Rome b/c of ... in which the initial religious dimension was almost forgotten. Germany suffered from warfare, several German cities were besieged and sacked 9/ 10 times over. German lost more than ½ of i...

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