18.10.2017

New publication: Wittenberg und die frühe Reformation

The anniversary of the Reformation directs our attention not only to Martin Luther as a person, but also to the conditions which made his impact possible, as well as the milieu in which he was acting. For exploring these topics the beginnings of the Reformation and the locale in which they took place, Wittenberg, are of particular interest.

The essays collected in this volume are dedicated to the context, the conditions in which these historical factors developed, as well as the impulses that were set in motion by the early Reformation and their – long-term – impact. The overarching political and theological conditions, and the associated aspects in popular piety and media, are discussed alongside life in the town and at the university of Wittenberg as a microcosmos of the early Reformation.


With contributions from Rosemarie Aulinger, Enno Bünz, Livia Cárdenas, Irene Dingel, Thomas Fuchs, Mirko Gutjahr, Christiane Hennen, Armin Kohnle, Volker Leppin, Ulrike Ludwig, Heiner Lück, Marcel Nieden, Stefan Oehmig, Wolf-Friedrich Schäufele, Johannes Schilling, Uwe Schirmer und Christopher Spehr.

Irene Dingel | Armin Kohnle | Stefan Rhein | Ernst-Joachim Waschke (Hrsg.)
Initia Reformationis
Wittenberg und die frühe Reformation
Leucorea-Studien zur Geschichte der Reformation und der Lutherischen Orthodoxie, Band 33
2017, 448 Seiten | 15,5 x 23 cm
Hardcover
ISBN 978-3-374-05140-3
68,00 EUR