ENGL 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Huguenot, Ninety-Five Theses, Scholasticism
25 Sep 2018
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He nailed his 95 theses on the door of a church. Highly literate, church officials (anyone highly educated or who could read the bible as it was). People who did not have a lot of money, could not afford texts. He is using that medieval scholasticism and reason to explain and justify religion. A thesis statement is a central argument; it can be contested against; it maps out your entire essay without giving everything away. Rhetoric: the art of speaking or writing effectively (the art of persuading), such as: the study of principles and rules of composition formulated by critics of ancient times. Martin luther (148301546): in a nutshell: luther was a german theological whose writings inspired the. He started protestantism, but every country developed their own sect such as the church of england, hugenots, calvinists, etc. He was a professor at the university of wittenberg.
