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No different German has formed the historical past of early-modern Europe greater than Martin Luther. during this finished and balanced biography we see Luther as a insurgent, yet no longer as a lone hero; as a soldier in a amazing fight for the common reform of Christianity and its position on this planet. the root of Protestantism replaced the spiritual panorama of Europe, and to that end the area, however the writer chooses to show Read more...

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N E W DEPARTURES FOR CHRISTENDOM  Figure . Christ-like self-portrait with fur-trimmed robe, by Albrecht Dürer, . another example of this prevailing attitude, even though the Luther cult would subsequently give much energy to endowing the momentous ‘Here I stand’ moment with an air of exceptionality. Upturn in Germany News of events overseas, in the Balkans or in Rome, would certainly have reached Germany. Educated individuals such as Martin Behaim, whom we have already encountered, and south German merchant families such as the Welsers or the Fuggers took part in new discoveries and sought to exploit the opportunities they presented.

A similar absence also characterized Luther’s own household at the Augustinian monastery in Wittenberg a quarter-century later. In the seafaring nations of south-western and western Europe, interest in overseas worlds, including their religious and political make-up, was not limited to intellectuals such as theologians, humanists, geographers, and  MARTIN LUTHER biologists, for the broader public also proved eager for information. Yet right up until his death, Luther’s sense of the world remained focused on the European continent, with remarkably little engagement with these new worlds.

Columbus was in no doubt that the world was round, and therefore at the beginning of , only a few months after the birth of the later reformer, he laid out for John II, king of Portugal, his plan to search for a sea route to India by sailing west, across the completely unknown Atlantic. If the Portuguese had not been so committed to continuing their exploration of the coast of Africa and if deaf ears had not been turned on Columbus at the Castilian court, then America might well have been discovered very soon after the birth of Martin Luder.

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