410: The City of God
Augustine's seminal work, On the City of God Against the Pagans, was written in 410 in the crisis of the Visigoth sack of Rome. The…
Read moreLuther took issue with various abuses he perceived to characterise current clerical practices, such as the sale of indulgences. He is reputed to have nailed the Ninety-five Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. They were translated into German, printed and distributed across Europe by January 1518.