95 Theses

95 Theses

Who: Martin Luther

What: propositions for an academic debate

Where: Germany

When:1517

Why: due to church abuses; to question indulgence peddling and purchase of church offices

Significance: unleashed a torrent of pent-up resentment and frustration among the laypeople. Soon engulfed the Holy Roman Empire in Conflict

Helpful mneumonic device - "I got 95 theses, in 1517 it was done" (to the hook of Hov's '99 problems').