544 Pages
by
Routledge
544 Pages
by
Routledge
544 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1968. It can hardly be denied that the men who have most changed history have been the great religious leaders. Among the great prophets, and, with the possible exception of Calvin, the last of world-wide importance, Martin Luther has taken his place. His career marks the beginning of the present epoch, for it is safe to say that every man in western Europe and in America is... Read more
Childhood and student life, 1483-1505; the monk, 1505-1512; the journey to Rome, October 1510-February 1511; the professor, 1512-1517; the indulgence controversy, 1517-1519; the Leipsic debate, 1519; the patriot, 1519-1520; the address to the German nobility, the Babylonian captivity of the church, and the freedom of a Christian man, 1520; the burning of the canon law and of the Pope's bull, 1520; the diet of worms, 1521; the Wartburg, May 4, 1521-March 1, 1522; the Wittenberg revolution and the return from the Wartburg, 1521-1522; Carlstadt and Munzer, 1522-1525; the peasants' revolt, 1525; Catharine von Bora; private life, 1522-1531; Henry VIII; Erasmus; German politics, 1522-1529; church building; Ulrich Zwingli; Feste Coburg and the diet of Augsburg, 1530; Luther's house at Wittenberg, the black cloister; Philip of Hesse; the emperor Charles V; castle church at Wittenberg, where Luther is buried.
Biography
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