King Sigismund of Poland and Martin Luther: The Reformation Before Confessionalization

by Natalia Nowakowska

The first major study of the early Reformation and the Polish monarchy for over a century, this volume asks why Crown and church in the reign of King Sigismund I (1506-1548) did not persecute Lutherans. It offers a new narrative of Luther's dramatic impact on this monarchy - which saw violent urban Reformations and the creation of Christendom's first Lutheran principality by 1525 - placing these events in their comparative European context. King Sigismund's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198813457
• ISBN13: 9780198813453
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.3" x 6.4"