a column by Davide Cantoni, Jeremiah Dittmar and Noam Yuchtman for VOX: CEPRs Policy Portal
Five hundred years ago today [31 October 2017], Martin Luther posted 95 theses on the Wittenberg Castle church door critiquing Catholic Church corruption, setting off the Protestant Reformation. This column argues that the Reformation not only transformed Western Europe’s religious landscape, but also led to an immediate and large secularisation of Europe’s political economy.
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I had never thought to link Martin Luther with political economy. I have been enlightened. H
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