Printing, Propaganda And Martin Luther

by Edwards, Mark U., Jr. JR. JR.

• ISBN13: 9780800637392
• ISBN10: 0800637399
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-12-01
• Publisher: Fortress Pr

Summary

Mark Edwards's pioneering work on the Reformation as a "print event" traces how Martin Luther, the first Protestant, became the central figure in the West's first media campaign. He shows how Luther and his allies spread their message using a medium that was itself subversive: pamphlets written in the vernacular and directed to the broadest reading public. Closely examining Protestant and Catholic pamphlets published in Strasbourg in the early years of the Reformation, Edwards demonstrates Luther's dominance of the medium, the challenges posed by Catholic counterattacks, the remarkable success of Luther's New Testament, and the unforeseen effects of the new medium. This volume has opened an exciting new vista on the European Reformation.

Author Biography

Mark U. Edwards, Jr. is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Harvard Divinity School and former President of St. Olaf College, Minnesota

Table of Contents

Illustrations	p. viii
Tables	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Evangelical and Catholic Propaganda in the Early Decades of the Reformation	p. 14
First Impressions in the Strasbourg Press	p. 41
The Catholic Dilemma	p. 57
Luther's Earliest Supporters in the Strasbourg Press	p. 83
Scripture as Printed Text	p. 109
Contested Authority in the Strasbourg Press	p. 131
Catholics on Luther's Responsibility for the German Peasants' War	p. 149
Conclusion: A Revised Narrative	p. 163
Abbreviations	p. 175
Notes	p. 179
Bibliography of Primary Works	p. 215
Index	p. 223
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