Person
Albert of Brandenburg
Archbishop and Elector of Mainz, under whose name the indulgence of 1517 was preached in much of Germany.
- Dates
- 20 Jun 1490 – 24 Sep 1545
- Place
- Mainz
- Also known as
- Albrecht of Brandenburg, Albert of Mainz, Albert of Mayence
- Wikidata
- Q60951
- Life 20 Jun 1490 – 24 Sep 1545
- head of Mainz (Archbishop and Elector) 9 Mar 1514 – 24 Sep 1545
Albert of Brandenburg held the see of Mainz from 1514. Martin Luther sent him the theses with a letter on 31 October 1517; in 1521 he answered a second warning from Luther in his own hand.
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intervened in
- The Peter's indulgence 1517 archbishop under whose name it was preached Scholarship & press 12
involved in
- The Peter's indulgence archbishop under whose name it was preached Scholarship & press 1
- The posting of the Ninety-Five Theses received Luther's letter of 31 October with the theses enclosed Scholarship & press 3
Timeline 3 dates
- 20 Jun 1490 – 24 Sep 1545 Albert of Brandenburg
- 9 Mar 1514 – 24 Sep 1545 Albert of Brandenburg head of Mainz
- 1517 Albert of Brandenburg intervened in The Peter's indulgence
Proof 3 sources
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The Life and Letters of Martin Luther, by Preserved Smith, Houghton Mifflin, Boston (scan on the Internet Archive), 1911.
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he was elected Archbishop and Elector of Mayence and Primate of Germany (March 9, 1514)
Papal indulgences for the building of St. Peter's are hawked about under your illustrious sanction.
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Albrecht of Brandenburg as Archbishop-Elector of Mainz (1544), editors' introduction, German History in Documents and Images (German Historical Institute Washington).
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Albrecht recruited Johann Tetzel to sell the indulgences that prompted Martin Luther to pen his 95 Theses in 1517.
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Sources for and against the Posting of the Ninety-Five Theses, by Volker Leppin and Timothy J. Wengert, Lutheran Quarterly 29 (2015), pp. 373-398 (Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen repository), 2015.
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Most certain and most important is the fact that in his letter to Albrecht, dated 31 October, he included either a hand-written or a printed copy of the Theses
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