Luther's Last Battles: Politics and Polemics, 1531-46

Notes: "Luther Year 1583 has come and gone. .... Edwards has chosen Luther's last fifteen years, focusing attention on statements and publications from this period which are polemical and address the complex political situation in Europe between 1531 and 1546. In eight chapters the author comes to terms with Luther's anger and illness, analyzes the reformer's relationship to the nobility of Saxony, provides a stimulating analysis of Luther's apocalyptic expectations and examines some of the highly controversial pamphlets against the Jews and other minority groups".