The German Reformation and the peasants' war : a brief history with documents / by Michael G. Baylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baylor, Michael G., 1942-

Series:

Bedford series in history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reformation--Germany.

Reformation.

Germany.

Peasants' War, 1524-1525.

Physical Description:

xvi, 157 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston ; New York : Bedford/St. Martin's, 2012.

Contents:

2 The Reformation: Freedom, Authority, and Resistance 43

4 Martin Luther, Ninety-Five Theses. October 31, 1517 43

5 Pope Leo X, Arise, O Lord (Exsurge domini), June 1520 46

6 Martin Luther, To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, 1520 50

7 Greasing the Bundschuh, 1522 55

8 Martin Luther, A Sincere Admonition to Guard against Rebellion, 1522 57

9 Peasants Torturing an Indulgence Preacher, 1525 59

10 Huldrych Zwingli, The Sixty-Seven Articles, 1523 61

11 Martin Luther, The Rights of a Christian Congregation, 1523 65

12 Thomas Müntzer. Sermon to the Princes, 1524 68

3 Religion and Politics in the Peasants' War 74

13 Articles of the Peasants of Stühlingen, Early 1525 74

14 Sebastian Lotzer and Christoph Schappeler, The Twelve Articles of the Upper Swabian Peasants, March 1525 76

15 Thomas Müntzer[?] and Balthasar Hubmaier, The Constitutional Draft, 1525 83

16 Title Page of The Memmingen Federal Ordinance, March 7, 1525 85

17 The Memmingen Federal Ordinance, March 7, 1525 87

18 The Document of Articles. May 8, 1525 90

19 The Field Ordinances of the Franconian Peasantry, April 24-27, 1525 93

20 Thomas Müntzer, Letter to the league at Allstedt, April 26 or 27,1525 98

21 Michael Gaismair, Territorial Constitution for the Tirol, February or March 1526 100

4 The Debate on the Reformation and the Peasants' War 106

22 Martin Luther, Admonition to Peace: A Reply to the Twelve Articles. April 1525 106

23 Title Page of To the Assembly of the Common Peasantry, May 1525 113

24 Christoph Schappeler, To the Assembly of the Common Peasantry, May 1525 115

25 Title Page of Against the Murdering and Robbing Hordes of Peasants, May 1525 128

26 Martin Luther, Against the Murdering and Robbing Hordes of Peasants. May 1525 130

27 Hermann Mühlpfort, Mayor of Zwickau, Letter to Stephan Roth at Wittenberg. June 4, 1525 135

28 Martin Luther, An Open Letter on the Harsh Book against the Peasants, June or July 1525 137

29 Albrecht Dürer, Design for a Monument to the Victory over the Peasants, 1525 140.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-150) and index.

ISBN:

9780312437183

0312437188

OCLC:

779385390