Events

Diet of Worms

The Early Modern World

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History Atlas. "Diet of Worms." Accessed August 31, 2026. https://dev-history.interactiveatlas.org/events/diet-of-worms.

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History Atlas. (n.d.). Diet of Worms. Retrieved August 31, 2026, from https://dev-history.interactiveatlas.org/events/diet-of-worms

BibTeX

@misc{historyatlas-diet-of-worms,
  author = {History Atlas},
  title = {Diet of Worms},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-history.interactiveatlas.org/events/diet-of-worms},
  note = {Accessed August 31, 2026}
}

The Diet of Worms of 1521 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. Martin Luther was summoned to the diet to renounce or reaffirm his views in response to a papal bull of Pope Leo X. In answer to questioning, Luther defended the views that had been criticized and refused to recant them.

Facts

Year

1521 1

Event Date

1521-01-28 1

Location

Worms, Holy Roman Empire 1

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