The Reformation began in Germany because Martin Luther had translated the Bible into German. He translated the Bible into his vernacular language, German, which led the birthplace of the language to become the starting place of the Protestant Reformation. The printing press was also invented in Germany leading to printed books and materials being widely available there first. When Luther started printing his 95 Theses and the German Bible it was all being produced at first in Germany. Every other country was getting their stuff from Germany, Germany became the center of it all. The political factors that contributed to its success there as opposed to in France, Spain, or Italy are that the princes in Germany sided with Luther for money and
