Exhibition: Wild Boar in the Vineyard: Martin Luther at the Birth of the Modern World

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Wild Boar in the Vineyard: Martin Luther at the Birth of the Modern World: Reform and Revolution

Item Information

Dublin Core

Title

Eyn brieff an die Fürsten zu Sachsen von dem auffrurischen geyst / Martinus Luther. ; Wittemberg. 1524; Title page recto

A Letter to the Princes of Saxony, Concerning the Revolutionary Spirit

Subject

Münzer, Thomas, approximately 1490-1525

Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, 1463-1525

Johann, der Beständige, Elector of Saxony, 1468-1532

Holy Spirit

Reformation

Peasants' War (1524-1525)

Peasant uprisings

Allstedt (Germany)

Wittenberg (Germany)--Imprints (Lucas Cranach; Christian Döring)

Saxony (Germany)

History

Church History

Description

Thomas Müntzer was among the "radicals" initially sympathetic to some of Luther’s teachings, but he and Luther became bitter opponents. Müntzer remained an important figure and his image appeared on the 5 Mark bill of the German Democratic Republic. In this letter, Luther urged the rulers of their region to suppress Müntzer and his popular movement.

Creator

Luther, Martin, 1483-1546

Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, 1463-1525

Cranach, Lucas, 1472-1553

Publisher

[Lukas Cranach und Christian Doring]

Date

1524

Rights

No Copyright - United States

Language

German

Type

Still Image

Identifier

4527557

MODS

Key Date

1524

Publication Place

Wittemberg [i.e., Wittenberg]

Form/Genre

pamphlets

Physical Description

[20] pages ; 18 cm (quarto)

Repository Name

Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University

Subrepository

Tower

Shelf Location

03-B1143

Notes

original filename:1900200048

Signatures: A⁴, B², C⁴; [A] unsigned, A1b, C4b blank

Woodcut title page border by the workshop of Lucas Cranach. Cf. Hollstein VI, Cranach workshop, 30; Luther, J. 43

Printer from Benzing

Luther, M. Werke. Kritische gesammtausgabe. v.15, p.205, A

recto, title page

Digital Origin

reformatted digital

Citation

Luther, Martin, 1483-1546, Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, 1463-1525, and Cranach, Lucas, 1472-1553, “Eyn brieff an die Fürsten zu Sachsen von dem auffrurischen geyst / Martinus Luther. ; Wittemberg. 1524; Title page recto,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed May 6, 2024, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/martin-luther/item/11416.