Luther : His lLife and Times / [1st American ed.]

Friedenthal, Richard, 1896-1979.

Luther : His lLife and Times / Richard Friedenthal; translated from the German by John Nowell. - [1st American ed.] - New York : Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, C[1970. - viii, 566 p. : illus., ports ; 24 cm.

"A Helen and Kurt Wolff book."

Includes bibliographical references.

[Part One. Evolution of a Rebel] The miner's son of peasant stock -- At Erfurt University -- The monk -- Life in the monastery -- Battle with the Commentaries -- Arrival in Wittenberg -- Journey to Rome -- Promotion in the Order -- The first controversial lectures -- Rebel and reformer. [Part Two. The Conflagration] The ninety-five theses -- The Holy Roman Empire -- Augustinians and Dominicans -- Examination before Cardinal Cajetan in Augsburg -- The Miltitz interlude -- Seventeen days' disputation -- The three primary treatises -- Ulrich von Hutten -- The Bull of Excommunication -- Summons before the Emperor -- The Diet of Worms -- To the Wartburg -- The Edict -- The German Bible -- Unrest in Wittenberg and beyond -- False Spring -- A Dutchman as pope -- Sickingen and the end of the knights -- Twilight -- The Battle of Pavia -- The Peasants' War. [Part Three. The Wittenberg Reformer] Frau Doktor Luther -- The Will in Bondage -- Sacco di Roma -- The Protestants -- The second Reformation -- Old age.

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Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.

BR325 / .F7713 1970

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