RT Article
T1 The Historia vom Leiden, Sterben, Aufferstehung vnd Himelfart Christi of Margarethe, Princess of Anhalt (1473-1530)
JF The sixteenth century journal
VO 51
IS 1
SP 79
OP 108
A1 Reinis, Austra
LA English
PB Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1751431835
AB Margarethe, Princess of Anhalt (1473-1530), regent of the principality of Anhalt-Dessau from 1516 until her death, was the first female ruler to have to take a stand on the Reformation. A letter Martin Luther wrote her on 4 November 1519 indicates there existed a friendly relationship between them before she broke with him and worked to prevent the Reformation of her territory. Like Luther, Margarethe wrote devotional works, among them her Historia vom Leiden ... Christi, a lengthy passion meditation in verse. This work, published posthumously by her son, Georg III of Anhalt (1507-53), deserves to be ranked as an important and hitherto unrecognized example of the mediating theology (Vermittlungstheologie) of figures like Julius Pflug (1499-1564), Georg Witzel (1501-73), and Johannes Wild (ca. 1495-1554) who, before the Council of Trent (1545-63), sympathized with some of Martin Luther's theological ideas, yet remained loyal to the papacy.
K1 16TH century theology
K1 Ascania, House of
K1 Germany
K1 KINGS & rulers
K1 Margarethe, Princess of Anhalt
K1 Passion of Jesus Christ in literature
K1 Reformation
K1 Regents (Sovereigns)
K1 Religious Poetry