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