The Resource 1517 : Martin Luther and the invention of the Reformation, Peter Marshall
1517 : Martin Luther and the invention of the Reformation, Peter Marshall
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- Summary
- "Martin Luther's posting of the 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg on 31 October 1517 is one of the most famous events of Western history. It inaugurated the Protestant Reformation, and has for centuries been a powerful and enduring symbol of religious freedom of conscience, and of righteous protest against the abuse of power. But did it actually really happen? In this engagingly-written, wide-ranging and insightful work of cultural history, leading Reformation historian Peter Marshall reviews the available evidence, and concludes that, very probably, it did not. The theses-posting is a myth. And yet, Marshall argues, this fact makes the incident all the more historically significant. In tracing how--and why--a "non-event" ended up becoming a defining episode of the modern historical imagination, Marshall compellingly explores the multiple ways in which the figure of Martin Luther, and the nature of the Reformation itself, have been remembered and used for their own purposes by subsequent generations of Protestants and others--in Germany, Britain, the United States, and elsewhere. As people in Europe, and across the world, prepare to remember, and celebrate, the 500th anniversary of Luther's posting of the theses, this book offers a timely contribution and corrective. The intention is not to 'debunk', or to belittle Luther's achievement, but rather to invite renewed reflection on how the past speaks to the present--and on how, all too often, the present creates the past in its own image and likeness."--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 243 pages
- Contents
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- Prologue: Postings
- 1517: theses
- 1517: responses
- 1617: anniversaries
- 1817: heroes
- 1917: controversies
- Epilogue: Reformations
- Isbn
- 9780199682010
- Label
- 1517 : Martin Luther and the invention of the Reformation
- Title
- 1517
- Title remainder
- Martin Luther and the invention of the Reformation
- Statement of responsibility
- Peter Marshall
- Title variation
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- Fifteen-seventeen
- Fifteen-hundred and seventeen
- Martin Luther and the invention of the Reformation
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Martin Luther's posting of the 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg on 31 October 1517 is one of the most famous events of Western history. It inaugurated the Protestant Reformation, and has for centuries been a powerful and enduring symbol of religious freedom of conscience, and of righteous protest against the abuse of power. But did it actually really happen? In this engagingly-written, wide-ranging and insightful work of cultural history, leading Reformation historian Peter Marshall reviews the available evidence, and concludes that, very probably, it did not. The theses-posting is a myth. And yet, Marshall argues, this fact makes the incident all the more historically significant. In tracing how--and why--a "non-event" ended up becoming a defining episode of the modern historical imagination, Marshall compellingly explores the multiple ways in which the figure of Martin Luther, and the nature of the Reformation itself, have been remembered and used for their own purposes by subsequent generations of Protestants and others--in Germany, Britain, the United States, and elsewhere. As people in Europe, and across the world, prepare to remember, and celebrate, the 500th anniversary of Luther's posting of the theses, this book offers a timely contribution and corrective. The intention is not to 'debunk', or to belittle Luther's achievement, but rather to invite renewed reflection on how the past speaks to the present--and on how, all too often, the present creates the past in its own image and likeness."--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1964 October 26-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Marshall, Peter
- Dewey number
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- 261.7
- 940.23-G
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Luther, Martin
- Luther, Martin
- Reformation
- Reformation
- Protestantism
- Germany
- Label
- 1517 : Martin Luther and the invention of the Reformation, Peter Marshall
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-233) and index
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- txt
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: Postings -- 1517: theses -- 1517: responses -- 1617: anniversaries -- 1817: heroes -- 1917: controversies -- Epilogue: Reformations
- Control code
- on1002073110
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 243 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199682010
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1002073110
- Label
- 1517 : Martin Luther and the invention of the Reformation, Peter Marshall
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-233) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: Postings -- 1517: theses -- 1517: responses -- 1617: anniversaries -- 1817: heroes -- 1917: controversies -- Epilogue: Reformations
- Control code
- on1002073110
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 243 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199682010
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1002073110
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