Summary: A collections of essays by Elihu Burritt addressing a range of social issues, including the publishing industry, governmental finance, war, and labor.
Summary: A collections of essays by Elihu Burritt addressing a range of social issues, including the publishing industry, governmental finance, war, and labor.
Summary: First printing of a rare pamphlet directed against Martin Luther. Wulffer calls Luther a false prophet and claims that his teachings contain no love, but only self-aggrandizement.
Summary: First printing of a rare pamphlet directed against Martin Luther. Wulffer calls Luther a false prophet and claims that his teachings contain no love, but only self-aggrandizement.
Summary: Luther's Consolation to the Protestants of Halle, published in 1527, provoked this reply from Agustin von Alveld, garuden of the Franciscan Monastery in Halle from 1524-29. Alveld condemns Luther's tract as "Hussisch," in particular with respect to his teachings on the sacrament. Alveld dedicated the work to Albert of Brandenburg, Archbishop of Mainz.
Summary: Luther's Consolation to the Protestants of Halle, published in 1527, provoked this reply from Agustin von Alveld, garuden of the Franciscan Monastery in Halle from 1524-29. Alveld condemns Luther's tract as "Hussisch," in particular with respect to his teachings on the sacrament. Alveld dedicated the work to Albert of Brandenburg, Archbishop of Mainz.
Summary: Arsatio Seehofer had studied with Luther at Wittenberg between stays at the University of Ingolstadt. As Ingolstadt increasingly became the focus of the Catholic revival, Seehofer found himself under attack for his "Lutheran" leanings. This is a commentary by Luther on the seventeen points of doctrine that Seehofer was accused of violating. The work also includes a discussion of Paul Speratus' arrest by the authorities at the University of Vienna on similar charges. This is the second printing of these essays.
Summary: Arsatio Seehofer had studied with Luther at Wittenberg between stays at the University of Ingolstadt. As Ingolstadt increasingly became the focus of the Catholic revival, Seehofer found himself under attack for his "Lutheran" leanings. This is a commentary by Luther on the seventeen points of doctrine that Seehofer was accused of violating. The work also includes a discussion of Paul Speratus' arrest by the authorities at the University of Vienna on similar charges. This is the second printing of these essays.
Summary: This is the ninth printing, in the year of issue, of Luther's "Against the Heavenly Prophets", a work directed at Karlstadt and his followers.
Summary: This is the ninth printing, in the year of issue, of Luther's "Against the Heavenly Prophets", a work directed at Karlstadt and his followers.
Summary: Luther's last great reckoning with the pope, issued in the year before his death, is a particularly biting satire. In the tract, Luther attacks both Divine and ecclesiastical legitimacy for the papacy.
Summary: Luther's last great reckoning with the pope, issued in the year before his death, is a particularly biting satire. In the tract, Luther attacks both Divine and ecclesiastical legitimacy for the papacy.
Eberlin von Günzburg, Johann, approximately 1470-1533
Summary: Johann Eberlin von Günzburg was a former Franciscan who had left the order and joined the Lutheran Reformation in 1521. This is the second edition of his tract on the dangers of priestly celibacy. He himself was married in 1524 and had four children. The title page woodcut shows the wedding of three different priests, including one to a nun.
Summary: Johann Eberlin von Günzburg was a former Franciscan who had left the order and joined the Lutheran Reformation in 1521. This is the second edition of his tract on the dangers of priestly celibacy. He himself was married in 1524 and had four children. The title page woodcut shows the wedding of three different priests, including one to a nun.
Summary: In this pamphlet, Johann Brenz, the Lutheran Reformer of South Germany, attacks papal marriage law, and limits the forbidden degrees (marriages) to the narrowest possible interpretation of the Biblical material.
Summary: In this pamphlet, Johann Brenz, the Lutheran Reformer of South Germany, attacks papal marriage law, and limits the forbidden degrees (marriages) to the narrowest possible interpretation of the Biblical material.
Satirical poem by the Nuremberg Meistersinger and cobbler about seven women complaining about their wayward husbands. The piece was originally published as a broadside in 1531 (cf. Erdmann) and is the counterpart to another poem by Sachs about seven men complaining about their wives.
Satirical poem by the Nuremberg Meistersinger and cobbler about seven women complaining about their wayward husbands. The piece was originally published as a broadside in 1531 (cf. Erdmann) and is the counterpart to another poem by Sachs about seven men complaining about their wives.
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