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Eyn brieff an die Fürsten zu Sachsen von dem auffrurischen geyst

Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
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Summary: Early sixteenth century Europe experienced a serious agrarian crisis, resulting in widespread discontent among the peasants. Luther often had to defend his views, as he does in a letter to the Saxon princes, against accusations that his writing influenced "the spirit of rebellion."Signatures: A4, B2, C4, [A] unsigned, A1b, C4b blank.Imprint: Place and printer from Benzing.Illustrative and Decorative Content: Title within woodcut border.Additional Details: This volume was formerly in the Beck Lutherana collection, #162 and in the W.H. Stifel collection, #234. There are manuscript bibliographical notes on the upper flyleaf.

Date Issued or Published
1524
Subject - Topic/Names
Church history
Münzer, Thomas, approximately 1490-1525
Subject - Geographic
Saxony (Germany)
Subject - Time Period
Sixteenth century
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Eyn brieff an die Fürsten zu Sachsen von dem auffrurischen geyst
Date Issued or Published
1524
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Summary: Early sixteenth century Europe experienced a serious agrarian crisis, resulting in widespread discontent among the peasants. Luther often had to defend his views, as he does in a letter to the Saxon princes, against accusations that his writing influenced "the spirit of rebellion."
Signatures: A4, B2, C4, [A] unsigned, A1b, C4b blank.
Imprint: Place and printer from Benzing.
Illustrative and Decorative Content: Title within woodcut border.
Additional Details: This volume was formerly in the Beck Lutherana collection, #162 and in the W.H. Stifel collection, #234. There are manuscript bibliographical notes on the upper flyleaf.
Creator
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
Publisher
Cranach, Lucas, 1472-1553
Döring, Christian
Place of Publication
Wittenberg (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
Contributor
FrederickIII, Elector of Saxony, 1463-1525
Primary Language
German
Subject - Topic/Names
Church history
Münzer, Thomas, approximately 1490-1525
Subject - Geographic
Saxony (Germany)
Subject - Time Period
Sixteenth century
Extent/Dimensions
19 unnumbered pages
19 cm
Content Type
Text
Content Genre
correspondence
Format
Quarto
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This work is a part of the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection.
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Historiated title page border of Luther's Eyn brieff an die Fürsten zu Sachsen von dem auffrurischen geyst
Citations and References
Benzing, Lutherbibliographie, 1927
BM STC German, 1455-1600, p. 545
Hohenemser, 2492
Kuczyński, 1603
Pegg, Bibliotheca, 981
Pegg, Great Britain, 2071
Pegg, Swiss, 3122
WA15, 205 A
VD16 L 4163
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1524 LUTH MM
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