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  1. The Diet of Worms of 1521 (German: Reichstag zu Worms [ˈʁaɪçstaːk tsuː ˈvɔʁms]) was an imperial diet (a formal deliberative assembly) of the Holy Roman Empire called by Emperor Charles V and conducted in the Imperial Free City of Worms.

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  3. Aug 13, 2021 · On August 13, 1521, the capital city of Tenochtitlan fell after a two-month siege — a victory that marked the end of an empire. But five hundred years later, researchers are giving stories surrounding the events another look.

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  4. Diet of Worms, meeting of the Diet (assembly) of the Holy Roman Empire held at Worms, Germany, in 1521, made famous by Martin Luther’s appearance before it to respond to charges of heresy.

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
    • Martin Luther's 95 Theses
    • Augsburg, Leipzig, & Excommunication
    • Diet of Worms
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    • Conclusion

    Martin Luther began questioning the precepts of the Church, privately, c. 1513 when he resolved a spiritual crisis he was suffering after reading Saint Paul's Epistle to the Romans. The passage from Romans 1:17, which includes the line "the just shall live by faith", led to his conviction that many of the policies mandated by the medieval Churchwer...

    Among the disputations of the 95 Thesesis number 82 – "Why does not the pope empty purgatory, for the sake of holy love and of the dire need of the souls that are there, if he redeems an infinite number of souls for the sake of miserable money with which to build a Church?" – and 83 – "Why are mortuary and anniversary masses for the dead continued,...

    Although Luther had been excommunicated, it was still possible for him to be welcomed back into the Church as a member in good standing – if he would recant. By this time, however, even if had wanted to, a recantation would have lost him all credibility as a Christian theologian and minister of the gospel. His 95 Theseshad captured the imagination ...

    Charles V personally responded to Luther's attacks in a letter written that same night: Luther's safe-conduct pass, granted him by Frederick III, was still in effect and respected and so Luther passed a few more days in Worms while he awaited a response and then left to return to Wittenberg around 26 April. Some of the nobles and clergy at Worms co...

    Luther's dramatic defiance at the Diet of Worms ended any hope of reconciliation with the Church and elevated him to the status of a saint among the peasantry. Shortly after the edict was issued, a pamphlet appeared depicting the event in the phrasing of the biblical narrative of Christ's Passion, with Charles V in the role of Pontius Pilate and th...

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  5. After a brutal 75-day siege, the Mexica capital of Tenochtitlan surrendered on August 13, 1521. The war cost tens of thousands of lives, civilian and warrior alike. It was a war of atrocity, massacre, and systematic violence.

  6. The Spanish campaign against the Aztec Empire had its final victory on 13 August 1521, when a coalition army of Spanish forces and native Tlaxcalan warriors led by Cortés and Xicotencatl the Younger captured the emperor Cuauhtémoc and Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire.

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