Martin Luther: rebel in an age of upheaval
No other German has shaped the history of early-modern Europe more than Martin Luther. In this comprehensive and balanced biography we see Luther as a rebel, but not as a lone hero; as a soldier in a mighty struggle for the universal reform of Christianity and its role in the world. The foundation o...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Edition: | First edition |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Luther, Martin 1483-1546
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| IxTheo Classification: | KDD Protestant Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Luther, Martin 1483-1546
B Lutherans (Germany) Biography Clergy B Biography B Luther, Martin (1483-1546) B Reformation (Germany) Biography B Lutheran Church Biography Clergy Germany |
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| Summary: | No other German has shaped the history of early-modern Europe more than Martin Luther. In this comprehensive and balanced biography we see Luther as a rebel, but not as a lone hero; as a soldier in a mighty struggle for the universal reform of Christianity and its role in the world. The foundation of Protestantism changed the religious landscape of Europe, and subsequently the world, but the author chooses to show Luther not simply as a reformer, but as an individual. In his study of the Wittenberg monk, Heinz Schilling - one of Germany's leading social and political historians - gives the reader a rounded view of a difficult, contradictory character, who changed the world by virtue of his immense will Part one: Childhood, education, and first years as a monk, 1483-1511 -- Part two: Wittenberg and the beginnings of the Reformation, 1511-1525 -- Part three: Prophetic confidence, but temporal failure, 1525-1546 -- Epilogue: Failure and success: Luther and the modern world |
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| Item Description: | Literaturangaben in Endnoten Mit Register |
| ISBN: | 0198722818 |