Luther Burns the Pope's Bull in 1520, 1882 (litho)

Martin Luther (1483-1556) burning the Papal Bull on 10 December, 1520, in defiance of the threats of Pope Leo X (1475-1521); On 15 June 1520, the Pope warned Luther with the papal bull (edict) 'Exsurge Domine' that he risked excommunication unless he recanted 41 sentences drawn from his writings, including the 95 Theses, within 60 days; illustration from 'A Pictorial History of the World's Great Nations, from the earliest dates to the present time' by Charlotte Mary Yonge, published in New York in 1882; ; llustration from 'A Pictorial History of the World's Great Nations, from the earliest dates to the present time' by Charlotte Mary Yonge, published in New York in 1882;