Cicero in Heaven: The Roman Rhetor and Luther’s ReformationIn Cicero in Heaven, Carl Springer examines the influence of Cicero on Luther and other reformers and discusses the importance of the Reformation for Cicero’s continued use, especially in schools, in the following centuries. |
Contents
1 Cicero and Christian Latin Eloquence | 1 |
2 The Real German Cicero | 55 |
3 Cicero and Wittenberg Education | 101 |
4 Cicero Refused to Die | 145 |
5 Lutheranism and AntiCiceronianism | 187 |
Epilogue | 243 |
| 255 | |
| 283 | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Cicero in Heaven: The Roman Rhetor and Luther’s Reformation St Andrews Studies in Reformation History |
| Author | Carl P.E. Springer |
| Publisher | BRILL, 2017 |
| ISBN | 9004355197, 9789004355194 |
| Length | 316 pages |
| Subjects | › History / General |
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