Martin Luther

Selected as a Book of the Year by the New Statesman, Spectator, History Today, Guardian and Sunday TimesWhen Martin Luther nailed a sheet of paper to the church door of a small university town on 31 October 1517, he set off a process that changed the Western world for ever.Luther s ideas spread like wildfire. His attack on the Church soon convulsed Germany, divided Europe and polarised people s beliefs. They triggered decades of religious persecution, social unrest and war. And in the long run, ...