Luther’s Reformation History 104 / January 14, 2013
Jan 24, 2016
Luther’s ReformationHistory 104 / January 14, 2013
The Augustinian Monastery in Wittenberg, Germany
Luther (sketched by Lucas Cranach the elder, 1519)
Luther hangs his“95 theses” onthe church door
(Nov. 1, 1517)…
… as depicted by Joseph Fiennes in the film Luther
Leo XPope from 1513 to 1521
“Bull against the errors of Martin Luther and his followers”
Luther burns the papal bull condemning his views
(Dec. 1520)
The Holy Roman
Empire, ca. 1400
the young Charles V(chosen Holy Roman
Emperor, 1519)
Realms controlled by Charles V (in maize/orange)
Luther defies Charles V at the Council of Worms
The Wartburg (in Central Germany)
Luther as “Junker Jörg”
Luther’s translation of the Bible (1534 ed.)
Luther depicted as a “divine prophet”
Katharina von Bora (painted 1526)
Reformation propaganda: the Catholic Church mocked
The pope asthe Whore of Babylon
The Peasants’ War (1525):farmers as preachers – and warriors
Peasants sack a monastery
John Calvin(1509-1564)
Institutes of the Christian Religion (orig. pub. 1536)
John of Leiden(ca. 1509-1536)
The anabaptist leaders hung in cagesabove the city
of Münster