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...

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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"
Main Author: Dietl, Cora 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2023
In: Journal of Early Modern Christianity
Year: 2023, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 105-119
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.
ISSN:2196-6656
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of Early Modern Christianity
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/jemc-2023-2040