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German Reformation and the Peasants' War A Brief History with Documents

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ISBN-10: 0312437188

ISBN-13: 9780312437183

Edition: 2012

Authors: Michael Baylor

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The Protestant Reformation, begun with Martin Luther’s posting ofThe Ninety-Five Thesesin 1517, rapidly escalated into an evangelical reform movement that transformed European Christianity. Less than a decade later, a massive rebellion of German commoners challenged the social and political order in what would prove to be the greatest popular rebellion in European history until the French Revolution. In this volume, Michael Baylor explores the relationship between these two momentous upheavals — one enduring, the other fleeting — and the centuries-long debate over whether and how they might be connected. A collection of period documents — including letters, sermons, pamphlets and…    
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List price: $26.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Bedford/Saint Martin's
Publication date: 1/13/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.40" wide x 8.15" long x 0.30" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

The Reformation: Freedom, Authority, and Resistance
Martin Luther, Ninety-Five Theses. October 31, 1517
Pope Leo X, Arise, O Lord (Exsurge domini), June 1520
Martin Luther, To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, 1520
Greasing the Bundschuh, 1522
Martin Luther, A Sincere Admonition to Guard against Rebellion, 1522
Peasants Torturing an Indulgence Preacher, 1525
Huldrych Zwingli, The Sixty-Seven Articles, 1523
Martin Luther, The Rights of a Christian Congregation, 1523
Thomas M�ntzer. Sermon to the Princes, 1524
Religion and Politics in the Peasants' War
Articles of the Peasants of St�hlingen, Early 1525
Sebastian Lotzer and Christoph Schappeler, The Twelve Articles of the Upper Swabian Peasants, March 1525
Thomas M�ntzer[?] and Balthasar Hubmaier, The Constitutional Draft, 1525
Title Page of The Memmingen Federal Ordinance, March 7, 1525
The Memmingen Federal Ordinance, March 7, 1525
The Document of Articles. May 8, 1525
The Field Ordinances of the Franconian Peasantry, April 24-27, 1525
Thomas M�ntzer, Letter to the league at Allstedt, April 26 or 27,1525
Michael Gaismair, Territorial Constitution for the Tirol, February or March 1526
The Debate on the Reformation and the Peasants' War
Martin Luther, Admonition to Peace: A Reply to the Twelve Articles. April 1525
Title Page of To the Assembly of the Common Peasantry, May 1525
Christoph Schappeler[?, To the Assembly of the Common Peasantry, May 1525
Title Page of Against the Murdering and Robbing Hordes of Peasants, May 1525
Martin Luther, Against the Murdering and Robbing Hordes of Peasants. May 1525
Hermann M�hlpfort, Mayor of Zwickau, Letter to Stephan Roth at Wittenberg. June 4, 1525
Martin Luther, An Open Letter on the Harsh Book against the Peasants, June or July 1525
Albrecht D�rer, Design for a Monument to the Victory over the Peasants, 1525
Appendixes
A Chronology of the Early Reformation and the Peasants' War (1502-1526)
Questions for Consideration
Selected Bibliography
Index