Before Martin Luther, there was Erasmus – a Dutch theologian who paved the way for the Protestant Reformation
- Written by Katherine Little, Professor of English Literature, University of Colorado Boulder
Desiderius Erasmus, a Dutch humanist and theologian.Quentin Matsys
Martin Luther, a German theologian, is often credited with starting the Protestant Reformation. When he nailed his 95 Theses onto the door of the church in Wittenberg, Germany on Oct. 31, 1517, dramatically demanding an end to church corruption, he split Christianity into...