Answer:
Martin
Luther was a religious reformer.
(i) He wrote Ninety Five Theses,
criticizing many of the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church.
(ii) A printed copy of this was posted on a
church door in Witternberg. It challenged the Church to debate his ideas.
(iii) Luther's writings were immediately
reproduced in vast numbers and read widely, which led to the division of the
Church and the beginning of the 'Protestant Reformation'.
(iv) Luther's translation of the New
Testament sold 5,000 copies within a few weeks.
(v) Deeply grateful to print, Luther said, "Printing
is the ultimate gift of God and the greatest one."
(vi) Scholars believed that print helped in spreading
the new Reformation.
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