Luther and the papacy
Subtitle: stages in a reformation conflict
By: Scott H. Hendrix.
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780800606589
Subjects: Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.; Reformation -- Biography.
Description: Focusing on Luther's relationship to the papal hierarchy, rather than to the personalities of individual popes, Luther's development as a reformer and the beginnings of the Reformation are studied. Luther emerges from this study as an advocate of the people against a papal hierarchy that was not fulfilling its obligation. --from publisher description.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 198-205.
Includes indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Ambivalence, 1505-1517; title: Protest, October 1517-June 1518; title: Resistance, June-December 1518; title: Challenge, 1519; title: Opposition, 1520; title: Conviction, 1521-1522; title: Persistence, 1522-1546