Description We like to remember the Middle Ages as a magical time of knights in shining armor, fair damsels in distress, and heroic quests to worlds unknown.
His actions would change not only the church but the world forever..
He challenged the practices of the church.
His name was Martin Luther.
When a young monk discovered that members of his parish were being deceived, he became angry.
Many people paid large sums for these worthless pieces of paper.
In his one-man show, he hawked "tickets to heaven" or indulgences.
One of the worst offenders was Johann Tetzel.
Monks, friars, and even the pope swindled people out of their life savings.
Some leaders of the church were deceitful.
They observed but did not participate in the Mass.
When they attended church, the service was in Latin, not the language of the people.
They saw God as distant and remote.
And people feared God and Hell above all else.
The leaders of the church taught people to fear God.
There was only one church in Western Europe-the Roman Catholic Church.
Because lives were short and unpredictable, people clung to the hope of eternal life.
Death was everywhere in the 1500s.
Actually, life in the Middle Ages was dirty, disgusting, and downright dangerous.
Description We like to remember the Middle Ages as a magical time of knights in shining armor, fair damsels in distress, and heroic quests to worlds unknown
