I read the trilogy with The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo as the first book. I was excited to see the movie when it came out. It was okay, I guess. The book was much better, but isn't that mostly true of all movies made from books?
1521 Martin Luther went before the Diet of Worms to face charges stemming from his religious writings
Diet of Worms! What? I gotta look this one up. This is just a little of the article:
We recently celebrated the five-hundredth anniversary of the Diet of Worms, which took place April 16–18, 1521.
Luther had posted his Ninety-Five Theses, which sparked debate within his church and culminated in him getting excommunicated. Frederick the Wise was his protector, and was over Saxony, Germany. The pope ordered Luther to Rome to answer for his actions. Frederick the Wise said: “No, he is a German monk. He is going to be tried on German soil.” So, the Diet, which was an imperial council, was scheduled to be held at Worms that spring. This Diet conducted both political and church business, but on the docket were the charges against Luther.
Bummer. Had nothing to do with eating worms.
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