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MARTIN LUTHER: THE RELUCTANT REVOLUTIONARY<br />

PROF. M. M. NINAN<br />

In February 1546 <strong>Luther</strong> journeyed, despite his failing health, to Eisleben, the town where he was<br />

born. He set out to mediate an embarrassing quarrel between two young and arrogant noblemen,<br />

the counts Albrecht and Gebhard of Mansfeld. He was successful, and he so informed his wife in<br />

what proved to be his last letter. One day later, on February 18, death came. His body was interred<br />

in the Castle Church in Wittenberg.<br />

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