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Deconstructing Memory Johannes Cochlaeus's Life of Martin Luther between Polemics and "Invectivity"

Authors list: Dietl, Cora

Publication year: 2023

Pages: 105-119

Journal: Journal of Early Modern Christianity

Volume number: 10

Issue number: 1

ISSN: 2196-6648

eISSN: 2196-6656

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1515/jemc-2023-2040

Publisher: De Gruyter

Abstract:
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.

Authors/Editors

- Uni.-Prof. Dr. Cora Beate Dietl

Citation Styles

Harvard Citation style: Dietl, C. (2023) Deconstructing Memory Johannes Cochlaeus's Life of Martin Luther between Polemics and "Invectivity", Journal of Early Modern Christianity, 10(1), pp. 105-119. https://doi.org/10.1515/jemc-2023-2040

APA Citation style: Dietl, C. (2023). Deconstructing Memory Johannes Cochlaeus's Life of Martin Luther between Polemics and "Invectivity". Journal of Early Modern Christianity. 10(1), 105-119. https://doi.org/10.1515/jemc-2023-2040