Martin Luther

by Heinz Schilling

• ISBN13: 9780191034336
• ISBN10: 0191034339
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2017-03-24
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Academic UK

Author Biography

Heinz Schilling was Professor of Early Modern History at the Humboldt University, Berlin until his retirement in 2010. His main areas of research are in early modern European history, including studies in religion, politics, migration studies, foreign policy, and social and cultural history.

Table of Contents

Prologue: Living in an Age of Faith and an Age in Transition
PART ONE: Childhood, Education, and the First Years as a Monk, 1483-1511
1. 1484 - New Departures for Christendom
2. Childhood and Youth
3. Crisis and Flight to the Monastery
PART TWO: Wittenberg and the Beginnings of the Reformation, 1511-1525
4. Wittenberg
5. Eleutherios - The Birth of a Free Man
6. The Reformer - Standing His Ground before Church, Emperor, and Empire
7. Beginning to Labour for the Cause
8. Contesting Interpretation within the Evangelical Camp
9. Arrived in the World -Marriage, Family, and a Large Household
PART THREE: Prophetic Confidence, but Temporal Failure, 1525-1546
10. Evangelical Renewal of Church and Society
11. "But We Christians Are Part of a Different Struggle" - Facing the Demands of the World
12. Conflicted Emotions: God-Given Joy and Apocalyptic Fear
13. Dying in Christ - "We Are All Beggars, That is True"
Epilogue: Failure and Success: Luther and the Modern World