Introduction : Germany in the sixteenth century -- The making of Martin Luther -- The wolf in the sheepfold -- In conflict with the pope -- The Leipzig disputation -- The bull of excommunication -- The diet of Worms -- The new Luther -- A new pope and an old grievance -- Exeunt humanists -- Reform or revolution? -- The first diet of Speyer and the new church order -- The second diet of Speyer and the protest -- The colloquy at Marburg and the division of the reformers -- The Augsburg diet and the confession -- The Schmalkald war -- The peace of Augsburg -- Appendixes. Luther's theses -- Tetzel's theses on indulgences -- Luther's appeal to a general council -- The decree of Worms -- Against the murdering and robbing bands of peasants -- The protest at Speyer -- The Peace of Augsburg