Early Modern Studies. Beyond Indulgences : : Luther’s Reform of Late Medieval Piety, 1518–1520 / / Anna Marie Johnson.

Between Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses in 1517 and his excommunication from the church in 1520, he issued twenty-five sermons and treatises on Christian piety, most of them in German. These pastoral writings extended his criticisms of the church beyond indulgences to the practices of confession, prayer...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
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Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2017]
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Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Early Modern Studies ; 21
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Pastoral Writings of 1518 to 1520
  • Chapter One: The Practical Early Luther
  • Chapter Two: Scholasticism, Indulgences, and Christian Life: 1516–1517
  • Chapter Three: Reshaping Confession, Reorienting Piety: Lent 1518
  • Chapter Four: Piety in the Shadow of Conflict: Summer 1518
  • Chapter Five: Reforming Prayer and Good Works: Early 1519
  • Chapter Six: Reinterpreting Sacraments and Saints: Fall 1519 to Summer 1520
  • Conclusion: Piety and Luther’s Protest
  • Appendix
  • Works Cited
  • Index
  • About the Author