| Uniform title | Martin Luther. English |
| Contents |
[1] His road to Reformation, 1483-1521- -- [2] Shaping and defining the Reformation, 1521-1532- -- [3] The preservation of the church, 1532-1546- |
| Summary |
In this definitive study, the author accomplishes two important tasks. First, he contrasts the theological perspectives of earlier biographies with the results of more modern research into Luther's socio-economic context, psychological relationshps, late medieval and humanist thought, university curricula, and political factors. Second, in keeping with his theory that the historical discipline "must make its results accessible to a wider audience" unless it wishes to encourage the "historical amnesia which it so often laments", the author communicates the findings of technical Reformation scholarship to the public in a comprehensible style. -- Book jacket. |
| General note | Translation of: Martin Luther. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Brecht, Martin. Martin Luther. English. Martin Luther. 1st English language ed. Minneapolis : Fortress Press, ©1985-1993 |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Brecht, Martin. Martin Luther. English. Martin Luther. 1st English language ed. Minneapolis : Fortress Press, ©1985-1993 |
| Genre/form | Biography. |
| LCCN | 84047911 |
| ISBN | 0800607384 (v. 1) |
| ISBN | 9780800607388 (v. 1) |
| ISBN | (v. 2) |
| ISBN | 0800627040 (v. 3) |
| ISBN | 9780800627041 (v. 3) |
| ISBN | 9780800624637 (v. 2) |
| ISBN | 0800624637 (v. 2) |
