“You know Martin Luther, as the German monk who challenged the teaching of the Roman Church and sparked the Protestant Reformation. In late 1521, however, Luther was hiding for his life…”So begins today’s story from Dr. Sky Michael Johnston.&nbsp;For further reading: Martin Luther: Visionary Reformer by Scott H. Hendrix (Yale University Press, 2015) Reformation Europe, 2nd ed. by Ulinka Rublack (Cambridge University Press, 2017)

Lawmakers in the Spanish Empire

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