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Wild Boar: The Monk Martin Luther and the Start of the Reformation

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Title page and portrait from a 1581 edition of Martin Luther's writings in German.
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Title page and portrait from a 1581 edition of Martin Luther's writings in German.

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A World Ablaze: the Rise of Martin Luther and the Birth of the Reformation, by Craig Harline, explores the Monk Martin Luther from 1517 to 1522, the five years during which he transformed himself from an obscure monk to an outlaw celebrity. The book was published in 2017 as part of the commemoration of the Reformation's 500th anniversary.