Protests against Rome began in earnest when Martin Luther, an Augustinian monk and professor at the university of Wittenberg, called in 1517 for a reopening of the debate on the sale of indulgences. The quick spread of discontent occurred to a large degree because of the printing press and the resulting swift movement of both ideas and documents, including the "95 Theses". Information was also widely disseminated in manuscript form, as well as by cheap prints and woodcuts amongst the poorer sections of society.