Protestants: The Faith That Made The Modern World
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' . . . But in 1518, Luther discovered that he could
write: accessibly, pungently, mixing soaring ecstasies with brutal street fighting. He had a knack for unforgettable images and analogies and a sense of paradox that made his arguments seem almost irrefutable. . . . he could also do it wonderfully in German, seizing his readers by the throat and pulling them into the debate. The new technology of print had found its first master. . . '
' . . . Luther alone was responsible for over a fifth of the
entire output of pamphlets by German presses during the 1520s. . . '