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Ep. 5: Fame, Friends, Foes and a Fat Marmot
In August 1518, Pope Leo X wrote to Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony, and demanded that he hand over “a son of iniquity”, Brother Martin Luther. A few weeks later Luther was on the road to Augsburg to face Cardinal Cajetan. It was arguably the most dangerous moment of his life, more dangerous even than Worms.
This episode follows how Luther got there and how close he came to the stake:
Fame: four groups (imperial reformers, humanists, friars and ordinary readers) each saw their own Luther.
Foes: the Dominicans, Johannes Eck, Luther’s old Erfurt teachers and, finally, the full weight of…
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