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Diet of Worms
Worms, Diet of
Worms, Diet of (1521) Conference of the Holy Roman Empire presided over by Emperor
Charles V. Martin
Luther was summoned to appear before the Diet to retract his teachings, which had been condemned by Pope
Leo X. Luther refused to retract them, and the Edict of Worms (May 25, 1521) declared him an outlaw. The Diet was one of the most important confrontations of the early
Reformation.
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The Diet of Worms and the Defenestration of Prague
Magazine article from: Natural History; 9/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...1521, he spent ten days on the Diet of Worms (washed down with a good deal...euphonious phrases of history. The Diet of Worms is my prize specimen...emperor and a rump session of the Diet issued the Edict of Worms on May 8. But this document...
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Bacterial diet quiets worm genes. (Genetics).
Magazine article from: Science News; 10/19/2002; 633 words
; ...not weight-loss, diet. By feeding genetically engineered bacteria to worms, researchers have developed...to deactivate specific worm genes and study their...if not all, of the worm's genes (SN: 12...interference. By injecting a worm with a strand of RNA corresponding...p. 36). Injecting ...
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Germany launches five stamps, including stamp on 500th anniversary of the Diet of Worms. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 1/19/1995; ; 535 words
; ...on the 500th anniversary of the Diet of Worms. The imperial diet, or legislative assembly, was...of the Holy Roman Empire. The diet also introduced the first general...current German tax system. Other diets were also held at Worms, including...
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Warming up to a diet of worms
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 6/3/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Times 06-03-2007 Warming up to a diet of worms Byline: Kathirasen Edition: New...eat you. Also, opening a can of worms might no longer be an idiom; it...happened? Gossip Two: She went on a diet of half-boiled praying mantis...
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Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms: Essays on Natural History.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Humanist; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms: Essays on Natural History by Stephen Jay...appearance before the Holy Roman Empire's diet, which met periodically in the old German city of Worms to conduct its legislative business. Other...
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Teachers tormented by Victorian exams ; Trainee teachers in Plymouth have been left flummoxed by a mind- bending examination from 1846 which left them wondering: "What the heck was the Diet of Worms?".
Newspaper article from: Plymouth Evening Herald, The; 10/30/2008; ; 621 words
; ...them wondering: "What the heck was the Diet of Worms?". A lecturer at the University College...have been expected to know the date of the Diet of Worms, which is not in fact some celebrity fad diet. It was actually an extremely important...
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Sett for starvation; Badgers desperate for food as the hot, dry weather kills off their staple diet of worms.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 8/24/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...summer killed off their staple diet. The best weather for years...thing at night to encourage worms to the surface for badgers to...on earthworms as their staple diet and the long hot period has reduced the worm population. In desperation...thing at night to encourage worms to the surface.' ...
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 "St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)")
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PRINCE OF A GUY PUTS DYNAMIC DUO IN DANGER.(Travel & Leisure)(Dick RichmondDiet Of Worms"\"Day Of Wrath")(Review)
Newspaper article from: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO); 9/27/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Audios may be found in bookstores or ordered by calling (800) 223-2348. "Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms" By Stephen Jay Gould (6 hours, unabridged essays, $25; or 12 hours, unabridged essays, $40, Dove Audio...
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Country gardener: The diet of worms
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 4/5/2003; ; 546 words
; ...possible to exercise ownership over a worm, I suppose I can say that those 2,000 worms now belong to me. Many unexpected alterations...something about this amazing talent that worms have because I had heard that Roger Daltrey...dumps turned into heaps of earth-loving worm casts. What I did not ...
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Fishing lines: I survived on a diet of worms
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 4/27/2003; ; 641 words
; ...occasionally hides a red, yellow and green worm.) Time tends to smooth off the edges...invariably cheated me on the number of worms I had dug. Sea-fishing bait is big...generate the same waste as a small town), worm farming is good clean fun. The only problem for the company is seabirds. Worm ...
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Diet of Worms
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Diet of Worms 1521, most famous of the imperial diets held at Worms, Germany. It was...question of the Reichsregiment , the diet took up the question of the recalcitrant...safe-conduct on Apr. 16. At the diet Luther was asked if he would retract...
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Worms, Diet of
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Worms, Diet of (1521) A meeting between LUTHER and CHARLES V that took place in the city of Worms, on the River Rhine, in Germany. Luther...Protestant reform and on the last day of the Diet his teaching was formally condemned in the...
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Worms
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Worms an industrial town in western Germany, on the Rhine north-west of Mannheim, which was the scene in 1521 of the condemnation of Martin Luther's teaching, at the Diet of Worms .
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Diet
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms
Diet a formal public assembly, e.g., Diet of Worms, 1521. See also .
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diet
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...financial problems. The imperial diet or Reichstag of the Holy Roman...parts. Among the most important diets were those of Worms (1495) and Cologne (1512...emperor. The most important diets of the Reformation were Worms...1530, 1547, 1555). The diet declined in importance and after...
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