Luther's lives : : two contemporary accounts of Martin Luther / / Elizabeth Vandiver, Ralph Keen, Thomas D. Frazel.

• Author: Keen, Ralph
• TeilnehmendeR: Vandiver, Elizabeth, 1956-; Keen, Ralph.; Frazel, Thomas D.
• Place / Publishing House: Manchester, UK : : Manchester University Press,, 2010.; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Manchester Religious Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (408 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This volume brings together two important contemporary accounts of the life of Martin Luther in a confrontation that had been postponed for more than 450 years. The first of these accounts was written after Luther's death, when it was rumoured that demons seized the reformer on his death-bed and dragged him off to Hell. In response to these rumours, Luther's friend and colleague Philip Melanchthon wrote and published a brief encomium of the reformer in 1548. Cochlaeus consequently completed and published his monumental life of Luther in 1549.

Table of Contents

Introduction -- 1. Melanchthon and the historical Luther (Ralph Keen) -- 2. Philip Melanchthon's History of the Life and Acts of Dr Martin Luther -- 3. Johannes Cochlaeus: an introduction to his life and work (by Ralph Keen) -- 4. The deeds and writings of Martin Luther from the year of the Lord 1517 to the year 1546 related chronologically to all posterity by Johannes Cochlaeus -- Translator's note -- Appendix -- Works cited -- Notes -- Index.