renegade and prophet Roper, Lyndal creator author. text bibliography biography Biographies nyu 2017 First edition. monographic eng

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xxxiii, 540 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. "Examining the inner life of Martin Luther, the founding leader of the Reformation, the author reveals a literary genius who was full of contradictions and whose Ninety-Five Theses began the greatest upheaval and transformation of Christianity in history"--NoveList. Mansfeld and mining -- The scholar -- The monastery -- Wittenberg -- Journeys and disputations -- The Leipzig debate -- The freedom of a Christian -- The Diet of Worms -- In the Wartburg -- Karlstadt and the Christian city of Wittenberg -- The Black Bear Inn -- The Peasants' War -- Marriage and the flesh -- Breakdown -- Augsburg -- Consolidation -- Friends and enemies -- Hatreds -- The charioteer of Israel. Lyndal Roper. Includes bibliographical references and index. e-gx--- Luther, Martin 1483-1546 Reformation Germany Biography Lutheran Church Germany Clergy Biography BR325 .R76 2017 284.1092 B 9780812996197 0812996194 2016027660 DLC 160630 20211110103734.0 950635655 eng