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Martin Van Buren - Father of American Partisanship
Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the eighth president of the United States. An ambitious and cunning man whose political tricks earned him the nickname 'the Little Magician', Van Buren was a...
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Martin Luther
Portrait of Martin Luther (l. 1483-1546 CE) by Lucas Cranach The Elder, 1529 CE
The painting hangs in the choir of St. Anne's Church, Augsburg, next to a portrait of the Elector Johann Friedrich of Saxony.
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Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms
Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms, coloured engraving by Emile Delperée (1850-1896).
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Martin Luther Burning the Papal Bull
A c. 1885 painting by Karl Aspelin showing Martin Luther (l. 1483-1546) burning the papal bull Exsurge Domine in December 1520.
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Martin Luther Monument
A monument of Martin Luther (l. 1483-1546), German theologian and prominent figure of the Protestant Reformation.
Wittenberg, Germany.
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Martin Luther and Katharina von Bora
Portrait of Martin Luther and his wife, Katharina von Bora, oil on panel painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder,1525.
The Morgan Library and Museum, New York.
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Meeting of Martin Luther and Cardinal Cajetan
A reproduction of a 1557 print of Martin Luther (on right approaching desk) and Cardinal Thomas Cajetan (on left, holding open the book) depicting their 1518 disputation at Augsburg.
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Ten Women of the Protestant Reformation
Women played a vital role in the Protestant Reformation (1517-1648) not only by supporting the major reformers as wives but also through their own literary and political influence. Their contributions were largely marginalized in the past...
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Christian Antisemitism in the Middle Ages & during the Reformation
Antisemitism is a modern term that describes prejudice and hostility to Jews and Judaism. The origins of Christian antisemitism in the gospels are based on the story of a 1st-century itinerant Jewish preacher, Jesus of Nazareth, in the Roman...
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John Calvin
John Calvin (l. 1509-1564) was a French Reformer, pastor, and theologian considered among the greatest of the Protestant Reformation along with Martin Luther (l. 1483-1546) and Huldrych Zwingli (l. 1484-1531). Calvin synthesized the differing...