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Luther at the Wartburg

The ten months from May 1521 to March 1522 that Luther spent in hiding at the Wartburg, where he began translating the New Testament.

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4 May 1521 – 1 Mar 1522

Martin Luther was kept at the Wartburg by Frederick the Wise after The Diet of Worms.

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  • Frederick the Wise 4 May 1521 – 1 Mar 1522 the elector's castle, where he decided to keep Luther Scholarship & press 1

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  1. 4 May 1521 – 1 Mar 1522 Luther at the Wartburg
  2. 4 May 1521 – 1 Mar 1522 Frederick the Wise intervened in Luther at the Wartburg
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  1. The Life and Letters of Martin Luther, by Preserved Smith, Houghton Mifflin, Boston (scan on the Internet Archive), 1911. Scholarship & press
    the castle in which the Elector had decided to keep him
    some masked riders appeared, captured the banned heretic, and rode with him
    The Wartburg, about a mile south of Eisenach, is one of the finest old Gothic castles in Germany.
  2. Luther's Correspondence and Other Contemporary Letters, volume II, 1521-1530, translated by Preserved Smith and Charles M. Jacobs, Lutheran Publication Society, Philadelphia (scan on the Internet Archive), 1918. Primary record
    I shall lie hidden until Easter. In the meantime I shall continue to write my Postils and shall translate the New Testament into German
  3. Luther's Bible Translations - 1522: the September Testament and the December Testament (Gruber Rare Books Collection), Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, JKM Library. Scholarship & press
    He had begun that during his stay at the Wartburg
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