num_pages: 576
description: This first volume in Martin Brecht's three-volume biography recounts Luther's youth and young adulthood up to the period of the Diet of Worms. Brecht, in a clear, eloquent translation by James Schaaf, discusses Luther's education at the University of Erfurt, his monastic life, his canonical trial in 1519, the Leipzig debate, and his earliest contributions to the beginning of the Reformation. Illustrations enrich the text.
language: English
title: Martin Luther, Volume 1: His Road to Reformation, 1483-1521
titlecomplete: Martin Luther, Volume 1: His Road to Reformation, 1483-1521
characters: Johann Tetzel, Desiderius Erasmus, Johann von Staupitz, Girolamo Aleandro, Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, George Spalatin, Thomas Cajetan, Andreas Karlstadt, George, Duke of Saxony, Richard von Greiffenklau zu Vollrads, Ulrich von Hutten, Johann Eck, Martin Luther, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Pope Leo X
genres: Theology, Biography, Christian, Church History, History, Christianity
ratings_count: 42
series: Martin Luther
publisher: Fortress Press