The fourth volume of the Complete Critical Edition of Karlstadt's Letters and Writings (KGK IV) will be published in Spring 2022. It includes texts from the decisive year of 1521, when Luther was at the Wartburg and Karlstadt worked with Philipp Melanchthon on the practical implementation of reform in Wittenberg. At … [Read more...]

On July 1, 2021, the fourth and thus final funding phase of our edition project of the writings and letters of Andreas Bodenstein von Karlstadt will begin. Just a reminder: Funded by the German Research Foundation, the team of editors began in 2012 to collect and critically edit the writings and letters of Andreas … [Read more...]

In November 2020 the third volume of the Karlstadt-Edition (KGK III: 1520) will be published. The volume contains texts on the Roman process, the biblical canon and the first major examination of one of its central concepts: Renouncement (Gelassenheit). The year 1520 is crucial for the further development of … [Read more...]

In his contribution Thomas Kaufmann demythologizes the "Junker Jörg" portrait made by Lucas Cranach the Elder. He painted this portrait several years after Luther's stay at the Wartburg. It made little impression on his contemporaries. But it did make a big impression in the 19th century. … [Read more...]

A surprising discovery nudges us to look again at Andreas Karlstadt. Andreas Bodenstein, called Karlstadt (1486-1541), was a brilliant member of the Wittenberg Reformation. After the disagreement with Luther he fell out of favour. Unjustly, the Göttingen church historian Thomas Kaufmann argues, as highlighted by the … [Read more...]