Printing, Propaganda, and Martin Luther

by Mark U. Edwards Jr.

Book Overview

Mark Edwards's pioneering work on the Reformation as a"print event" traces how Martin Luther, the first Protestant, became the central figure in the West's first media campaign.He shows how Luther and his allies spread their messageusing a medium that was itself subversive: pamphlets writtenin the vernacular and directed to the broadest readingpublic. Closely examining Protestant and Catholic pamphletspublished in Strasbourg in the early years...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800637399
• ISBN13: 9780800637392
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"