Printing, Propaganda, and Martin Luther
  Preface

 collapse sectionIntroduction
 •Printing and the Reformation Movements
 •Narrative from the Perspective of What Contemporaries Knew and When They Likely Knew It
 •Reception and Re-presentation
 •The Role of the Press in the Debates over Authority
 •Some Methodological Considerations
 •An Overview
 collapse sectionChapter One—  Evangelical and Catholic Propaganda in the Early Decades of the Reformation
 •The Media
 •The Evangelical Publicists
 •The Catholic Publicists
 •The Audience
 collapse sectionChapter Two—  First Impressions in the Strasbourg Press
 •An Overview of the Publications Themselves
 •The Treatises Addressed Lay Concerns
 •The Central Theological Message of the Treatises
 •The Appeal of the Message: The Dignifying of the Spiritual Status of the Laity
 •The Question of Reception
 •Conclusion
 collapse sectionChapter Three—  The Catholic Dilemma
 •The Fall Publications
 •"Matters of Faith Should Not Be Disputed before the Ignorant Common Folk"
 •The Catholic Dilemma, Part Two
 •On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church
 •The Catholic Controversial Effort
 •The Public Image by the End of 1520
 collapse sectionChapter Four—  Luther's Earliest Supporters in the Strasbourg Press
 •Monk, Doctor, and Man of the Bible
 •The Christian Angel
 •The Papal Antichrist
 •The Dynamics of Polarization
 •Luther's Message
 •Human Law and Divine
 •Variety and Reception
 collapse sectionChapter Five—  Scripture as Printed Text
 •Printed Aids to the "Right" Understanding of Scripture
 •Questions of Audience
 collapse sectionChapter Six—  Contested Authority in the Strasbourg Press
 •Luther's Charismatic Authority
 •The Evangelical Challenge to Luther's Authority
 collapse sectionChapter Seven—  Catholics on Luther's Responsibility for the German Peasants' War
 •Emser's Answer to Luther's "Abomination"
 •The Catholic Reading of Christian Freedom
 •The Logic of the Catholic View
 •Conclusion
 collapse sectionConclusion—  A Revised Narrative
 •A Commentary

 collapse sectionNotes
 •Introduction
 •Chapter One— Evangelical and Catholic Propaganda in the Early Decades of the Reformation
 •Chapter Two— First Impressions in the Strasbourg Press
 •Chapter Three— The Catholic Dilemma
 •Chapter Four— Luther's Earliest Supporters in the Strasbourg Press
 •Chapter Five— Scripture as Printed Text
 •Chapter Six— Contested Authority in the Strasbourg Press
 •Chapter Seven— Catholics on Luther's Responsibility for the German Peasants' War
 •Conclusion— A Revised Narrative
  Abbreviations
  Bibliography of Primary Works Discussed or Cited in the Text
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