Luther's thought assumed form in polemics

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Luther's thought assumed form in polemics. / Vind, Anna.

Oxford Handbook of Martin Luther. ed. / Robert Kolb; Irene Dingel; Lubomir Batka. Oxford University Press, 2014. p. 471-480.

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Harvard

Vind, A 2014, Luther's thought assumed form in polemics. in R Kolb, I Dingel & L Batka (eds), Oxford Handbook of Martin Luther. Oxford University Press, pp. 471-480. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199604708.013.018

APA

Vind, A. (2014). Luther's thought assumed form in polemics. In R. Kolb, I. Dingel, & L. Batka (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Martin Luther (pp. 471-480). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199604708.013.018

Vancouver

Vind A. Luther's thought assumed form in polemics. In Kolb R, Dingel I, Batka L, editors, Oxford Handbook of Martin Luther. Oxford University Press. 2014. p. 471-480 https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199604708.013.018

Author

Vind, Anna. / Luther's thought assumed form in polemics. Oxford Handbook of Martin Luther. editor / Robert Kolb ; Irene Dingel ; Lubomir Batka. Oxford University Press, 2014. pp. 471-480

Bibtex

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