Deconstructing Memory Johannes Cochlaeus's "Life of Martin Luther" between Polemics and "Invectivity"
Johannes Cochlaeus's Commentaria or Historia de actis et scriptis Martini Lutheri has been described as a "polemical invective." This essay discusses the double title and the double characterization of the work and argues that its aim is to deconstruct Luther's memory. Its effect...
| Published in: | Journal of Early Modern Christianity |
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| Subtitles: | "Words at War: 'Invectivity' in Transformative Processes of the Sixteenth Century; Guest Editors: Cora Dietl, Bernward Schmidt, and Isabelle Stauffer" |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2023
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| In: |
Journal of Early Modern Christianity
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| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KDB Roman Catholic Church ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
| Further subjects: | B
Historiography
B Martin Luther B Memory B Johannes Cochlaeus B Biography B Polemics |
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| Summary: | Johannes Cochlaeus's Commentaria or Historia de actis et scriptis Martini Lutheri has been described as a "polemical invective." This essay discusses the double title and the double characterization of the work and argues that its aim is to deconstruct Luther's memory. Its effectivity derives from the combination of a polemical commentary and an invective biography. According to the Commentaria Luther's works disgrace the author, and according to the Historia the author disqualifies his own works. |
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| ISSN: | 2196-6656 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Early Modern Christianity
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/jemc-2023-2040 |