Martin luther biography brecht

This first volume in Martin Brecht's three-volume biography recounts Luther's youth and young adulthood up to the period of the Diet of Worms.
Martin Brecht walks you through Luther's life starting with his childhood and education, all the way through to his life after the Reformation.
Brecht here describes the years in which the distinctive aspects of the Reformation took shape.

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Martin Luther, Volume 1: His Road to Reformation, 1483-1521 - Softcover

Martin Luther, Volume 1 (Paperback)

Martin Brecht

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This first volume in Martin Brecht's three-volume biography recounts Luther's youth and young adulthood up to the period of the Diet of Worms. Brecht, in a clear, eloquent translation by James Schaaf, discusses Luther's education at the University of Erfurt, his monastic life, his canonical trial in 1519, the Leipzig debate, and his earliest contributions to the beginning of the Reformation. Illustrations enrich the text. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780800628130

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Fortress Press

This first volume in Martin Brecht's three-volume biography recounts Luther's youth and young adulthood up to the period of the Diet of Worms. Brecht, in a clear, eloquent translation by James Schaaf, discusses Luther's education at the University of Erfurt, his monastic life, his canonical trial in 1519, the Leipzig debate, and his earliest contributions to the beginning of the Reformation. Illustrations enrich the text.

PublisherFortress Press
FormatPaperback
ISBN9780800628130
Dimensions6 x 9
Pages576
Publication DateJanuary 1, 1985

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"This felicitous translation by James L. Schaaf...recounts with precise and telling detail the story of Luther's development to the Diet of Worms...Brecht's work long will remain a basic book on Luther's progress to 1521. It is thorough, reliable, clearly written, divided into manageable segments, and convincing in the total picture that he gives of the great reformer."
— Lewis W. Spitz

"Brecht's scholarship is impeccable and his boo

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Martin Luther: Shaping and Defining the Reformation 1521-1532

July 13, 2020

MB schreibt abschließend: "Die 11 Jahre vom Wormers Reichstag 1521 bis zum Nürnberger Anstand (Religionsfrieden) 1532 haben ein doppeltes Gesicht. In diesem Zeitraum vernöchte Luther seinem reformatiorischen Wollen die konkrete Gestalt zu geben, und insofern war diese Periode von großer historischer Effizienz. Das mußte jdeoch gegen enorme Widerstände durchgesetzt und dann stöndig behauptet werden. Das erreichte Resultat blieb hinter der idealen Erwartung zurück und barb neue Probleme in sich. Immerhin hatte der Geächtete von Worms persönlich sein Leben davongebracht, er hatte geheiratet und eine Familie begründet. So befriedigend das war, die ungeheuren Anstrengungen dieser Jahre hatte ihn gezeichnet. Verfolgung und Maryrium, die an ihm weiterhin vorübergegangen waren, hatten nicht wenige seiner Anhänger getroffen. Aber 1532 war es dann doch zu dem ersehnten politischen Frieden gekommen, der allerdings immer noch lediglich ein vorläufiger war. Die Verkündigung des Evangeliums hatte sich in Deutwschland un