According to scholars Walter Krämer, Götz Trenkler, Gerhard Ritter, and Gerhard Prause, the story of the posting on the door, even though it has settled as one of the pillars of history, has little foundation in truth.
V letih 1497 in 1498 je obiskoval katedralno šolo v Magdeburgu, kjer so poučevali »Bratje skupnega življenja«, nato pa je med leti 1498 in 1501 obiskoval latinsko šolo v Eisenachu.