{"product_id":"martin-luther-criticises-the-pope-first-edition-1522","title":"Martin Luther at Wartburg: A Rare 1522 Tract on Confession and Papal Authority","description":"\u003cp\u003eLuther, Martin (1483–1546).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eVon der Beycht ob die der Bapst macht hab zu gebieten\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eWittenberg (i.e. Strasbourg): Wolfgang Köpfel, 1521 (i.e. 1522).\u003cbr\u003eQuarto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst edition of this very rare early polemical tract by Martin Luther.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the formative years of the Protestant Reformation, the printing of Luther’s works could be both commercially attractive and politically hazardous. The present tract reflects that context: a polemical work challenging papal authority and certain practices of the early modern Roman Catholic Church. It was written during Luther’s seclusion at the Wartburg following his condemnation at the Diet of Worms. It examines confession and the extent of papal authority over the Christian conscience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted books of this kind played an important role in the dissemination of Reformation thought. Relatively inexpensive to produce and distribute when compared to manuscripts and larger printed works, they allowed theological and polemical writings to circulate rapidly throughout Europe. Consequently, comparatively few survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe present edition bears a false Wittenberg imprint; it was actually printed in Strasbourg by Wolfgang Köpfel. Such imprints reflect the authority attached to Wittenberg as the centre most closely associated with Luther and the early Protestant movement, while also giving printers a degree of distance from the controversies surrounding the publication of Reformation texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe USTC records only one copy in Poland and just thirteen worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Julia Woodward Antykwariat","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55082385146197,"sku":null,"price":9950.0,"currency_code":"PLN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1081\/7922\/6965\/files\/DSC0082623_95990ab1-6d53-46d1-ad57-ba221cb4188a.jpg?v=1790113237","url":"https:\/\/antykwariat-woodward.com\/pl\/products\/martin-luther-criticises-the-pope-first-edition-1522","provider":"Julia Woodward Antykwariat","version":"1.0","type":"link"}