Ursach vnd anttwortt das iungkfrawe[n] kloster gottlich v[er]lassen muge[n]
Ursach und Antwort, dass Jungfrauen Klöster göttlich verlassen mögen
Summary: The catalyst for this famous Luther letter was the removal by stealth of nine nuns from the cloister of Nimbschen bei Grimma at Easter in the year 1523. Luther names the nine, which include a sister of Johann Staupitz, Luther's father confessor, and Katharina von Bora, who was to become Luther's wife.
Illustrative and Decorative Content: Title within wood-engraved, historiated architectural border. Decorated initial.
Binding: Bound in modern white marbled paper over pasteboards.
Additional Details: From the Stadtbibliothek zu Breslau, with its stamp. Last p. blank. In gratitude to Rev. Jan Rippentrop for her sermon on Reformation Day at Emory University, October 24, 2013.
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
Cranach, Lucas, 1472-1553
Döring, Christian, -1533
Wittenberg (Germany)
German
Monastic and religious life of women
Reformation
Early works to 1800
Luther, Katharina von Bora, 1499-1552
Germany
Sixteenth century
12 unnumbered pages
21 cm
Text
correspondence
Quarto
This work is a part of the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection.
Benzing 1561
1523 LUTH IIII
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