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| List of Illustrations | |
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| Preface to the English Edition | |
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| Preface to the First Edition | |
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| The Longed-for Reformation | |
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| Prologue: Controversy beyond the Grave | |
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| "The Charioteer of Israel Has Fallen" | |
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| History in the Shadow of the Last Days | |
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| A German Event | |
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| The Enigmatic Elector Frederick | |
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| The State of the Nation | |
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| Election Victory for Charles | |
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| The Spanish Factor | |
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| World Monarchy and Reformation | |
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| The Luther Issue in Worms | |
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| "Wake up, wake up, o German nation" | |
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| A Medieval Event | |
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| Reformation and No End in Sight | |
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| The Struggle for Monastic Reform | |
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| The Hierarchical Church under Fire | |
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| The Pursuit of the Millennium | |
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| The Alien Luther | |
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| The City of God as Utopia | |
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| The Antichrist and His Designs | |
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| "Repentance is better than indulgence" | |
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| An Elemental Event | |
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| Enduring Influences: Father Hans | |
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| Mother Hanna: Old Witch and Grand Lady | |
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| School Days, School Days | |
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| Preparation for Life | |
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| "One need not paint the Devil above one's door" | |
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| God's Word in Filthy Language | |
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| The Unexpected Reformation | |
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| The Road to Wittenberg: Decisions before the Reformation | |
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| Gateway to Modern Times | |
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| Luther Becomes a Nominalist | |
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| The Impact of Humanism | |
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| From Magister to Monk | |
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| Piety and Politics: Cowl and Cabal | |
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| Reform or Unity: The Fundamental Question of an Age | |
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| God's Prospective Adviser | |
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| The Fool in Rome | |
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| The Reformation Breakthrough | |
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| Discoveries along the Way | |
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| The Devil and the Cloaca | |
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| The Born Reformer | |
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| With Augustine against Aristotle | |
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| The First Lectures in Wittenberg | |
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| "Today you have the Bible" | |
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| The Reformer Attacked | |
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| The Persecution of Christians "Today" | |
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| Mysticism and Life: Tauler and Staupitz | |
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| Thrice Excommunicated | |
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| Do Not Indulge in Indulgences! | |
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| Scripture or Pope | |
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| Against Pope and Emperor | |
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| The Reformation in Peril | |
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| Life between God and the Devil | |
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| Driven and Drawn | |
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| Luther and Enlightened Humanism | |
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| Man as a Mule | |
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| Luther and Fundamentalism | |
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| Discord in the Reformation | |
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| The Sacrament of the "Ignorant" | |
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| Divided over the Sacrament of Unity | |
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| Christianity between God and the Devil | |
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| False Alternatives | |
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| Book of Psalms-Book of the Church | |
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| Church of Confessors-Church of Martyrs | |
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| Gospel for Sale | |
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| The Future of the Church: Reformation between Failure and Success | |
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| Wedded Bliss and World Peace: In Defiance of the Devil | |
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| The Delights and Duties of Marriage | |
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| The Emancipation of Eve | |
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| Holy Matrimony | |
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| Love and Lust | |
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| Divorce and Bigamy | |
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| Chaos and Peace | |
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| Darkness at Noon: Luther and the Jews | |
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| The Man and His Deeds | |
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| Conflict and Character | |
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| Luther and the Art of Language | |
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| Wine, Women, and Song | |
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| Luther Today: A Test | |
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| Sickness unto Death | |
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| Psychology at the Deathbed | |
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| Epilogue: Luther as He Was | |
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| Notes | |
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| Chronological Outline | |
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| Subject Index | |
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| Index of Names | |