Printing, Propaganda, and Martin Luther

Name: Printing, Propaganda, and Martin Luther
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ISBN: 9780800637392

ISBN-10: 0800637399

ISBN-13: 9780800637392

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Authors: Mark U. Edwards

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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…

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List price: $29.00
Publisher: 1517 Media
Publication date: 12/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 244
Size: 6.04" wide x 9.04" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Illustrations


Tables


Preface


Introduction



Evangelical and Catholic Propaganda in the Early Decades of the Reformation



First Impressions in the Strasbourg Press



The Catholic Dilemma



Luther's Earliest Supporters in the Strasbourg Press



Scripture as Printed Text



Contested Authority in the Strasbourg Press



Catholics on Luther's Responsibility for the German Peasants' War


Conclusion: A Revised Narrative


Abbreviations


Notes


Bibliography of Primary Works


Index