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Martin Luther was the most decisive protagonist of the Reformation, the religious revolution of the early sixteenth century that transformed not only the ecclesiastical but also the political structures of Western Europe. Starting from a critique of the church’s penitential system, Luther ended up with questioning ecclesiastical institutions and eventually the papal church as such, until he was no longer willing to recognize its authority in spiritual as well as in secular matters.
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Zahnd, U. (2023). Luther, Martin. In: Zanetti, G., Sellers, M., Kirste, S. (eds) Handbook of the History of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy. Studies in the History of Law and Justice, vol 22. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19542-6_29
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