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Martin Scorsese is amongst the most recognizable names in Hollywood. His success as a director can be attributed to many things, such as his postmodernist style and his amazing cinematography skills, but what his success as a director truly hinges on is the development of characters, and relationships amongst them, within his movies. Like any great director, Scorsese pulls inspiration for his movies from his own life experience, and as an Italian-American growing up in 1940s and 50s New York,…

The Return of Martin Guerre depicts the crafty scheme of a clever man in a historic case of identity theft. The Return of Martin Guerre serves as one of the most complete and full accounts of this vivid tale from 16th century rural France. Through deep research and analysis, Davis is able to accurately produce a historical reconstruction of Arnaud De Tilh: the peasant who became Martin Guerre. Natalie Zemon Davis is a leading European historian. She graduated from Smith College, earned a…

In the article that discusses Luther’s Ninety-five Theses,” What You May Not Know and Why They Matter Today” reviews this 1517 famous event and the importance of it today. This famous date in history happened on October 31, 1517, when Martin Luther pinned on the door of the Castle Church of Wittenberg in protest against the Roman Catholic Church. Luther was known mostly for his teachings about Scripture and justification. Regarding Scripture, he argued the Bible itself corresponds with having…

a great religious movement that encouraged a reform in the authority and bylaws of the Catholic church, and led to both changes and breaks away from the Church’s authority. Beginning in the early 16th century, the Reformation officially began when Martin Luther challenged the Roman Catholic church. Luther initially challenged the Church by posting his 95 theses to the Church door, a list of disputes towards clerical abuses, nepotism, simony, usury, pluralism, and the sale of indulgences. While…

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it helped rebirth things such as religion in Europe, and then onto other major areas of the world. One person who helped re-shape Europe and the rebirth of different religions was Martin Luther. Martin Luther was a man who went against the Catholic Church and their beliefs and ultimately helped change the world. Martin Luther was born on November 10, 1483 in Eisleben, Germany. Luther was the son of a wealthy minor. Luther’s mother was Margaretta who was extremely strict when it came to…

The Life of Martin Luther From being a homeless beggar to one of the most well known names in the world Martin Luther experienced many walks of lives helping him to do the effective work he did during his life from 1483- 1546. This man made a huge impact not only where he was from in Germany, but globally; we can still see his change today. Through his revolution paper, 95 Theses, he opened the eyes of many to what was happening in the Catholic Church and struck a controversy that would stir the…

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Martin Luther decides that his fate is the life of a Monk after surviving a horrible lightning storm. Martin's new teacher, Father Johann von Staupitz, sends Luther to Rome where he is forced to rise against the Church of Rome. Luther is in disbelief by what he sees in there, especially the Catholic Church's practice of selling indulgences in which the common people are told is their gateway to heaven and that their dead relatives can also be risen up to the heaven. Meanwhile in Rome, Pope Leo X…

statement showed that he believed that salvation could not be bought but received through faith alone. In 1520 he issues an Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation to gain the support of German nobles who he knew were power hungry. Martin Luther informed them that the Catholic Church was abusing its power and deceiving Christians. He states “It has been devised that the Pope, bishops, priests, and monks are called the spiritual estate; princes, lords, artificers, and peasants,…