Quotes by : Andrew Pettegree

Print, it transpired, was not just an instrument of agitation and change: now it was equally necessary....

In an age that valued prolonged and detailed exposition, complexity, and repetition it was astonishing....

It is often the parishioners, the men and women in the pews, who set the tone.

A long list of propositions does not necessarily make a coherent argument

The stranglehold of the departed was much resented by the new generation of aspiring authors. Which is....

In Martin Luther's life and behavior is very courteous and friendly, and there is nothing of the stern....

Although Martin Luther's theological message was couched as an exhortation to all Christian people, his....

Martin Luther was a thoroughly educated man but he wore this lightly. His sermons were littered with....

His plain, undecorated, and utilitarian work reeked week of provincialism.

Like many men who experience fatherhood relatively late in life, Martin Luther was a devoted parent.....

Because there was no pre-existing patrician elite, those successful in the new book industry could write....