Luther hides at the Wartburg
1521 · Event
Outlawed after Worms, Luther is spirited away by his prince to the Wartburg castle, where he grows a beard, calls himself 'Junker Jörg', and in eleven weeks translates the New Testament into German. The book that will do more than any sermon to make the Reformation — and modern German itself.
On these timelines: The Reformation, Germany, Christianity, Major Religions, Arts and Thoughts
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