Published by Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017
ISBN 10: 9004261885 ISBN 13: 9789004261884
Seller: Joseph Burridge Books, Dagenham, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: New. ix, 707 pages ; 25 cm. In his portrait of Duke George of Saxony (1471 1539) Christoph Volkmar offers a fresh perspective on the early Reformation in Germany. Long before the Council of Trent, this book traces the origins of Catholic Reform to the very neighborhood of Wittenberg. The Dresden duke, cousin of Frederick the Wise, was one of Luther's most prominent opponents. Not only did he fight the Reformation, he also promoted ideas for renewal of the church. Based on thousands of archival records, many of them considered for the first time, Christoph Volkmar is mapping the church politics of a German prince who used the power of the territorial state to boost Catholic Reform, marking a third way apart from both Luther and Trent.