Martin Luther condemns the religious riots in Saxony

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Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.4.1: German-language Writing and Culture: Germany, 500-present.
Vol. editors: Gerhard P. Knapp (University of Utah), Jennifer Marston William (Purdue University), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jill E. Twark (East Carolina University)

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Christianity
Civil Wars, Revolutions and Insurrections

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Date of occurrence 1522-03

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Germany (Location)

Martin Luther returns to Wittenberg and condemns the religious riots that had been going on there, since the Zwickau prophets, a group of visionary zealots, had hijacked his reforming cause with extremist religious views.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Martin Luther condemns the religious riots in Saxony". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2010 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=14291, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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