Notes 5/14/10 west civ proj

Movie - Matrin Luther

• 1483 germany - diseas and desolation plague could take out town
• 1/4 all children died befor 5
• the church promised heaven - most powerful instatution
• Martin Luther would overturn church
• idea that we should stand up for what we belive/every person special to god - he had to fight for this
• no one in 1,000 years world hated more
• Martin grew up in Masfolts (Norther germany)
• church was at center of his world
• Church from Ireland to Sicily
• laws permiated all of life
• he imbraced the church - alter boy
• his father hanze was a copper smelter
• he was low self esteem because of childhood
• envoled at university of Uthford - at 18
• beer an wine common drink
• was a great center of the church 25 parish churches
• he would be rebellious against church when older
• became musition
• got masters and batchler of arts
• plague struck town
• people saw god was punishing it for sins
• killed almost half of europe in 100 years
• 3 of his freinds were killed by plague
• martin caught in thunderstorm after - barganed with god (became a monk)
• father inraged that he din't become lawyer
• 7 times a day monkes were part of litergical services
• food was simple - got read of all worldly luxeries
• joined strickt monastic orders
• monistery made good income from selling clothing beer, and had tithes
• profitering of church would outrage him
• now consentrated on saving soul
• encoraged imatating suffering of christ
• did everything 100% would have died of poor health if sayed a monk
• had feeling of hoplesnes about not going to heaven
• sent of mission to rome (pilgramage to capital of the church)
• took 2 months to get there
• city was revilation
• would descover earthly institution (had lots of money)
• rome spirital place with unsperitual people
• very disapointed / descovered church profited by pilgrims (saw marters and gave them time off of purgitory)
• come to daught church
• spent long time in confession and did penence
• not getting answers
• 1511 sent to smaller monistery
• Vin stalbits saw martins gifts and gave him positions in university