Martin Luther

Paul W. Robinson, an associate professor at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, has been teaching courses on Luther and the Reformation for more than a dozen years. He is the author of several articles on late medieval and Reformation history and frequently speaks on the subject of Luther to a variety of audiences.

• Editor’s PrefaceAuthor’s PrefaceChapter One: The Monk (1483—1511)IntroductionEarly LifeThe University of ErfurtConversion to MonasticismThe Erfurt AugustiniansAnfechtungen and the Study of TheologyJourney to RomeWriting History: Erikson’s Young Martin LutherLuther in His Own Words: 1545 Preface to a collection of Luther’s works in LatinChapter Two: The Professor (1512-1519)IntroductionWittenbergColleaguesLectures on the BibleThe Indulgence ControversyThe Heidelberg Disputation and the Critique of ScholasticismThe Leipzig Disputation and the Question of AuthorityThe Beginning of Luther’s Papal TrialWriting History: The Date of Luther’s BreakthroughLuther in His Own Words: A Selection from the Leipzig DisputationChapter Three: The Reformer (1520-1521)Introduction1520: Luther establishes himself as a reformerThe Imperial Diet of 1521 at WormsLuther at Wartburg CastleExcurus: Printing and the ReformationLuther in His Own WordsChapter Four: The Reformer (1522-1529)Unrest in Wittenberg and Luther’s ReturnTemporal Authority and the Spread of the ReformationThe Peasants’ WarMarriageThe Bondage of WillReforming the Church in SaxonyThe Marburg ColloquyWriting History: The German Peasants’ WarChapter Four: The Preacher (1530-1546)IntroductionAttempts to Enforce the Edict of WormsWar against FranceThe Turks Attack ViennaThe Diet of AugsburgThe Religious Peace of Nuremberg (1532)Against the AnabaptistsHealth and HomeUniversity Life and LecturesThe Controversy with AgricolaThe Wittenberg ConcordCalled to a CouncilThe Bigamy of Philip of HesseThe ColloquiesLuther and the JewsLuther’s DeathWriting History: Medieval or Modern?Luther in His Own Words: Sermon in Castle PleissenburgA Note on the SourcesChronologyGlossary