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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Martin Luther was born at the close of the Middle Ages, amid great societal turmoil and upheaval.
Chapter 2: Luther joined a reform-minded monastery and learned to openly challenge the Church in Rome.
Chapter 3: As a Bible lecturer in Wittenberg, Luther forged the theological basis for the Reformation.
Chapter 4: Luther’s posting of his theses sparked a revolution, even if it wasn’t intentional at all.
Chapter 5: Publishing the theses made Luther both widely celebrated and fiercely reviled across Europe.
Chapter 6: Luther’s savvy media tactics made him the Pope’s most publicly recognizable adversary.
Chapter 7: At the Diet of Worms, Luther publicly proclaimed his opposition to the Roman Catholic Church.
Chapter 8: The Reformation took root and was carried by the middle classes.
Chapter 9: Thomas Müntzer built a social-revolutionary movement upon the central tenets of Luther’s Reformation.
Chapter 10: During the Peasants’ War, Luther aligned with the nobility.
Chapter 11: Luther’s Reformation produced enduring change across society.
Chapter 12: Despite Luther’s progressivism in some areas, he was nonetheless an anti-Semite.
Chapter 13: Luther set the course for profound change across Europe.
Description
Martin Luther (2017) details the life and times of one of the most important figures in European history. Five hundred years ago, the German priest Martin Luther sparked the Reformation, which would eventually bring the Protestant Church into existence and thereby create a permanent schism between the Protestant and the Roman Catholic Church. This book presents a fresh interpretation of Luther’s life, investigating what his actions – and the Reformation in general – tell us about the modern world.
Who Should Listen
- People skeptical as to the power religion can hold over people
- History junkies who want to learn more about how modern Europe emerged
- Anyone curious about one of the most famous historical figures of all time