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The Serpent and the Lamb: Cranach, Luther, and the Making of the Reformation

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Description for The Serpent and the Lamb: Cranach, Luther, and the Making of the Reformation Paperback. Together, Cranach's paintings and Luther's powerful oratory created a force field that transformed Germany, Europe, and ultimately the Western world Num Pages: 344 pages, 77 b&w illustrations in text, 11 colour plates in an 8-page insert. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.

Together, Cranach's paintings and Luther's powerful oratory created a force field that transformed Germany, Europe, and ultimately the Western world

This compelling book retells and revises the story of the German Renaissance and Reformation through the lives of two controversial men of the sixteenth century: the Saxon court painter Lucas Cranach (the Serpent) and the Wittenberg monk-turned-reformer Martin Luther (the Lamb). Contemporaries and friends (each was godfather to the other’s children), Cranach and Luther were very different Germans, yet their collaborative successes merged art and religion into a revolutionary force that became the Protestant Reformation. Steven Ozment, an internationally ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300192537
SKU
V9780300192537
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-44

About Steven Ozment
Steven Ozment is McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History, Harvard University. He is the author of ten books, including The Age of Reform, 1250–1550, which was a National Book Award finalist. He lives in Grantham, NH.

Reviews for The Serpent and the Lamb: Cranach, Luther, and the Making of the Reformation
“Ozment describes Cranach’s many-faceted character . . . [and] makes a compelling case for Cranach’s importance as an artist and man of faith whose collaboration with the great Reformer was central to the spread of Protestantism.”—Debra Bendis, Christian Century
Debra Bendis
Christian Century
"Ozment is determined to strip away the varnishes of 'a dark historiography' from Cranach ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Serpent and the Lamb: Cranach, Luther, and the Making of the Reformation


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