On 13 June 1525, a Tuesday, as was customary for weddings, Martin Luther became engaged to Katharina von Bora. According to the understanding of the 16th century, the marriage was already considered concluded with the engagement. Immediately afterwards, the town priest Bugenhagen performed the actual wedding ceremony. The whole ceremony took place in the Black Monastery, where Luther still lived. The so-called "Wirtschaft", the big wedding dinner was an essential part of the celebrations. Luther invited friends such as Lucas Cranach and his parents to the inn. The magistrate donated a ton of Einbeck beer, a messenger from the university brought a silver lidded jug and 50 guilders came from Mainz, from Archbishop Albrecht, as a wedding gift. But there was also criticism of Luther's marriage. Even his friend Melanchthon criticised the marriage and saw in it the downfall of the Reformation. He was not invited to the wedding. The series was drawn and engraved by Werner Otto based on a painting by Konrad Weigand (1842 - 1897).
Group
Flat Figure(s)
Condition
unpainted
Scale
Size 30 mm
Material
Pewter-Alloy 55%Sn 39%Pb 6%Sb
Number of parts
11
Epoch
Lansquenet
Time
1480 - 1530
Nationality/Location
Germany
State
New
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