Martin Luther, hier et aujourd’hui
A century ago it was common both in France and Germany to connect Luther to German identity. Today our emphasis typically goes out to his religious and theological quest, centred as it was around the mercy of God for believing…
Jacques Sturm et la ville de Strasbourg : Religion et politique au XVIe siècle
A leading statesman in Strasburg during the first half of the sixteenth century, Jacob Sturm joined the Reformation, considering it to be better suited than the traditional faith to rouse the conscience for the common good. In his political activity…
Comment les historiens et publicistes français ont parlé de Luther au XIXe siècle et dans le premier tiers du XXe siècle
This article investigates how French historians and publicists of the nineteenth and early twentieth century spoke of Luther. On the one hand, they emphasised the revolutionary step undertaken by Luther who, by his attack on the papacy, would open the…