{"product_id":"martin-luther-catholic-dissident","title":"Martin Luther: Catholic Dissident","description":"\u003cp\u003e'A compelling biography of one of the greatest men of the modern age. Stanford is particularly brilliant on the tensions inside Luther's private and spiritual life. This is a very fine book, written with a flourish.' Melvyn BraggThe 31st of October 2017 marks the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther pinning his 95 'Theses' - or reform proposals - to the door of his local university church in Wittenberg. Most scholars now agree that the details of this eye-catching gesture are more legend than hammer and nails, but what is certainly true is that on this day (probably in a letter to his local Archbishop in Mainz), the Augustinian Friar and theologian issued an outspokenly blunt challenge to his own Catholic Church to reform itself from within - especially over the sale of 'indulgences' - which ultimately precipitated a huge religious and political upheaval right across Europe and divided mainstream Christianity ever after.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA new, popular biography from journalist Peter Stanford, looking at Martin Luther from within his Catholic context, examining his actual aims for Catholicism as well as his enduring legacy - and where he might fit within the church today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Peter Stanford makes the life of Luther into a thrilling narrative, told from a modern Catholic perspective' Antonia Fraser\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Peter Stanford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e John Murray Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5 October 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781473621671\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57692842623300,"sku":"9781473621671","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/8018\/7972\/files\/9781473621671.jpg?v=1794342125","url":"https:\/\/thehistoryshop.co.uk\/products\/martin-luther-catholic-dissident","provider":"The History Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}