Katja Schneider - Böcker

The Studia Augustana provide a forum for literary and intermedial research. The series focuses on the intersection between the late Middle Ages, the early modern period and early modernity, periods which correspond to the cultural-historical significance of Augsburg. As the site of the Religious Peace of 1555, the city offers an ideal, exemplary setting for communication processes of all kinds. In this series, the exchange between the cultures and denominations of the West and the East, from Spain to Byzantium, from South America to Russia, is examined from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Martin Luther changed the world. He inspired and provoked people, and he moved them and repulsed them – but he left no one cold. The volume invites the reader to study Luther at close quarters, to accompany him in his existential search and to enquire into his lasting importance for the present and the future . By examining 95 precious objects this publication to accompany the exhibition follows in the footsteps of the young monk Luther along his route towards the Reformation. Who was the man wh o published his theses against the trade in indulgences despite being in mortal danger? Whatstates, events and circumstances prepared the ground for this epoch - making posting of the theses? The second part of the volume presents 95 people. From Johann Seba stian Bach to Bruce Nauman, from Sophie Scholl to Pier Paolo Pasolini: irrespective of creed or life philosophy, people all over the world make reference to the great reformer. That is perhaps the most interesting thing about Luther: that he has continued to move people for 500 years.