luther the student

We learnt lots about Luther on visits to Wittenberg and Erfurt. It's a mixed history, interesting to see Luther's world.

Here's a photo of the cloister he lived in in Erfurt for about 4-5 years before he got sent to Wittenberg (think his theology was a bit unpopular with his teachers). He did some training first, as a guest, checking out what life would be like to be a monk, then was a novice for a year and one day. Novices were given a bible for their time but had to give it back when they became monks (!). But Luther seems to have spent lots of time in the library reading one.