sentences:  Ludwig II was said to be the first Elector in the Holy Roman Empire who openly avowed the basic teachings of the Reformation.Not only did he promote every theologian who was prepared to reform the church, but he also saw the promotion of schooling as being an integral part of the Reformation, for Martin Luther himself had demanded of mayors and aldermen as early as 1524 the establishment and maintenance of Christian schools, a task that would fall to clergymen.