Martin Luther Luther and the Peasants' War
Martin Luther was thirty-four years old when his Ninety-Five Theses swept the German Nation. He was thirty-seven when he was excommunicated by the Roman Catholic Church (Edwards 1). Luther's appearance before the Diet of Worms in the spring of 1521 is the definite dividing line in the life and career of the reformer. Up until that dramatic appearance Luther was an individual known only in the Germanies. Until the posting of the Ninety-Five Theses in 1517, he wasn't even that. Until 1517, he had only a very limited reputation, limited to certain university circles in Saxony, and to parts of western Germany. The reputation was expanded between 1517 and 1521. The events at Worms gave to Luther a reputation among all states of the Empire. By 1530, Luther's name was known throughout practically all of western and central Europe. One of the most disturbing and perhaps one of the most interesting events of the early Reformation was the Peasants' War, 1524-1525. Peasant uprisings and rebellions were certainly not unknown in European history. The late Middle Ages and Renaissance periods witnessed many of the examples of discontent and unrest among the peasants of Europe. But the war of 1524
Lindsay, Thomas Martin. Luther and the German Reformation. Freeport, N.Y.: Books for Libraries Press, 1970. Fife, Robert Hendon. Young Luther: The Intellectual and Religious Development of Martin Luther to 1518. New York, AMS Press, 1970. The movement begun by Luther was and is important not only for Europe or even confined to Western world. It has world importance, and this continues to the present day. Luther was criticized during the Middle Ages and is still criticized today. Steinmitz, David Curtis. Luther and Staupitz: An Essay in the Intellectual Origins of the Protestant Reformation. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1980. Manns, Peter. Martin Luther: An Illustrated Biography. New York: Crossroad, 1982. -1525 was far more greater in extent and in numbers involved. Furthermore, the events in the 16th century had the stimulus and the influence of the early Reformation as an added factor. "Although earlier uprisings might well have had religion as one of the elements or ingredients, the 16th century war saw religion as one of the major factors (Crossley x)." Martin Luther was very intimately involved with the Reformation. This ingredient of intimacy makes the war of special importance to the student of the Reformation and the Reformation era. Crossley, Robert N. Luther and the Peasants' War. New York: Exposition Press, 1974.
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