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Discussions of Luther’s interaction with these Saxon electors were featured in 16th-century publications and art as well as early histories of the Reformation and of Saxony.
Saxon Electors, The, and Luther. Although born in the territory of the Counts of Mansfield, Luther’s connection to Saxony began early. He attended school in Eisenach (1498–1501), located in electoral Saxony, and enrolled in university (1501–1505) and later entered the Augustinian monastery (1505–1508) in Erfurt, an independent city with ...
Jan 13, 2021 · Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, 1463-1525. Publication date 1504 Usage ... PDF download. download 1 file . PDF WITH TEXT download. download 1 file ...
His younger brother Friedrich August I (1670–1733), often later referred to by the soubriquet August the Strong, thus became Duke and Elector of Saxony. In a medal struck in Nuremberg to commemorate his accession in 1694 he had himself depicted on one side in a shoulder- length portrait in profile.
- Helen Watanabe-O’Kelly
- 2002
May 1, 2024 · Frederick III (born Jan. 17, 1463, Torgau, Saxony—died May 5, 1525, Lochau, near Torgau) was the elector of Saxony who worked for constitutional reform of the Holy Roman Empire and protected Martin Luther after Luther was placed under the imperial ban in 1521.
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Frederick III of Saxony Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation Author(s): Ingetraut Ludolphy, Friedemann Hebart (“Frederick the Wise”; 1463–1525), elector of Saxony from 1486 to 1525.Born in Torgau in January 1463, ...
Augustus was the elector of Saxony and leader of Protestant Germany who, by reconciling his fellow Lutherans with the Roman Catholic Habsburg Holy Roman emperors, helped bring the initial belligerency of the Reformation in Germany to an end. Under his administration, Saxony enjoyed economic and.
