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Scholars have concentrated on Luther’s interactions with the elector of Saxony Frederick III, “the Wise” (1463–1525, r. 1486–1525), during the early Reformation. Less scholarly attention has been paid to the relationship between Luther and the electors of Saxony during the reign of Frederick’s brother John the Steadfast (1468–1532 ...
saint of Frederick the Wise, elector of Saxony (1486-1525). The first of these reli quaries (fig. 1) is a silver statuette of the martyred apostle, who appears standing on a pedestal that bears the coat of arms of electoral Saxony as he reads from a book, his skin draped over his right arm. It housed five particles of bone from the
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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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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 ...
Less scholarly attention has been paid to the relationship between Luther and the electors of Saxony during the reign of Frederick’s brother John the Steadfast (1468–1532, r. 1525–1532) and nephew John Frederick (1503–1554, r. 1532–1547), despite the vital role that these rulers played during the development of the new confessional ...
Apr 8, 2024 · to experience a conversion as shocking. It was the Electors of Saxony who had protected Luther when the Emperor put a price on his head, and Saxony was the cradle of the Reformation. August was therefore turning his back on one of the defining elements of the Albertine Elect-ors. In addition, he was the head of the Lutheran Church in Saxony and
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
