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The Diet of Worms

The imperial diet at Worms in 1521 that heard Luther on 17 and 18 April and ended with the Edict of Worms.

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Apr–May 1521

At the diet Martin Luther met Charles V. The diet ended with the Edict of Worms.

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  • Charles V 19 Apr 1521 answered Luther with a statement he wrote himself Primary record 1

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  • Martin Luther refused to recant unless shown his error from Scripture or reason Primary record 1
  • Charles V emperor; declared he would act against Luther Primary record 1

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Timeline 3 dates
  1. Apr–May 1521 The Diet of Worms
  2. 19 Apr 1521 Charles V intervened in The Diet of Worms
  3. May 1521 Edict of Worms part of The Diet of Worms
Proof 3 sources
  1. Luther and Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms (1521): Luther's declaration, the emperor's response and the Edict of Worms, German History in Documents and Images (German Historical Institute Washington), 1521. Primary record
    The morning after Luther’s second appearance Emperor Charles V assembled the rulers and stated his own position.
    Therefore I cannot and will not recant
    It is certain that a single monk errs in his opinion which is against what all of Christendom has held for over a thousand years to the present.
    we have summoned here to Worms the electors, princes, and estates of this our Holy Empire
  2. Luther and Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms (1521), editors' introduction, German History in Documents and Images (German Historical Institute Washington). Scholarship & press
    In May 1521, the emperor issued—in the Diet’s name—the act known as the “Edict of Worms” (C) against Luther, his followers, and his writings
  3. The Life and Letters of Martin Luther, by Preserved Smith, Houghton Mifflin, Boston (scan on the Internet Archive), 1911. Scholarship & press
    some masked riders appeared, captured the banned heretic, and rode with him
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