Why was Germany such fertile ground for Luther's message?

... Why was Germany such fertile ground for Luther's message? On 31st October 1517, All Saints Eve, Martin Luther (a monk and lecturer at the University of Wittenburg in Northern Germany) took the fateful step of nailing a sheet of 95 Theses, or arguments against indulgences, to the door of Wittenburg Castle Church. Following this simple act, there came massive repercussions; indeed, a reformation of the entire German Church followed. The news of Luther's act of rebellion spread through Germany rapidly, and caused an almost immediate response. This is surprising because the theses were written in Latin, a language in which very few of the German population were educated. Despite this, Luther had a following that ranged from the educated German nobility to the uneducated peasants. Some historians say that the peasants only supported Luther because they misunderstood his message and his grievances. However, some of Luther's grievances linked to the lower

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