Defending the Pious

Melanchthon and the Reformation in Albertine Saxony, 1539

Bibliographic Data

ID3280411
AuthorsRalph Keen (Alaska Pacific University, corresponding author)
Year1991
Volume60
Issue2
Pages180-195
Publication date1991-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChurch History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3167524
OpenAlexW2142272013
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited14

With the death of Duke George of Saxony on 17 April 1539, the Reformation lost one of its fiercest enemies, a leader of great prestige who not only resisted the Reformation, but actively campaigned against it.1With the accession of his brother Heinrich, the Reformers gained an important ally, for the new duke had converted to Lutheranism in 1537. The union of Saxony, which had been divided a half-century before, under the banner of Protestantism would have been one of the great political triumphs of the new religious movement.2The Reformers themselves certainly considered it a good sign.3

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