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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. Over the course of subsequent centuries, the relationship between Luther and the Ernestine electors has become central to the story of the Reformation and to Saxon history.
Georg Spalatin (1484–1545) Go-between and confidant. When the disturbing political implications of Luther’s teaching grew clear, he needed a friend in high places. That friend appeared in the...
When Charles did publish the Edict of Worms in May 1521, thereby making Luther an outlaw and proscribing his views in the empire, Frederick obtained an exemption for electoral Saxony that again gave the Protestant Reformation freedom to continue.
Nov 1, 2018 · Luther’s prince, Frederick the Wise (Elector of Saxony) opposed both of these proposals. Frederick and his secretary, Georg Spalatin, convinced the pope to allow Luther to speak to a papal representative at Augsburg in lieu of traveling to Rome. Cardinal Thomas Cajetan was the papal legate at Augsburg.
Ernest, who adopted the title of “elector,” had the larger but poorer area of Saxony that would be known as Electoral Saxony, or Ernestine. At the age of 22, Frederick assumed his father’s title of elector of Saxony. The chief castle was in Torgau, but Frederick had other castles in Saxony, including Witenberg, Coburg and Wartburg.
His relationship with the rulers in Ernestine and Albertine Saxony and their reaction to his reform movement proved fundamental to Luther’s life and career, just as Luther has become inextricably linked to the history of Saxony and Wittenberg.
Feb 14, 2024 · Augustus (born July 31, 1526, Freiberg, Saxony—died February 12, 1586, Dresden, Saxony) 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.