Martin Luther

1483 - 1546

About the Author

Martin Luther, an Augustinian priest, biblical scholar, and linguist, was born and died in Eisleben, Saxony, a duchy in northwestern Germany. His attack on ecclesiastical abuses, the Ninety-five Theses, signaled the beginning of the Protestant Reformation.

In The Library:

• author: First Principles of the Reformation or The 95 Theses and the Three Primary Works of Dr. Martin Luther (1883)
• author: The Hymns of Martin Luther (1884)
• author: Puritanism and Liberty, being the Army Debates (1647-9) from the Clarke Manuscripts with Supplementary Documents (1938)