Albrecht Dürer: Artist in the Midst of Two Storms GAM004020 Awarded the 1952 Pulitzer Prize

Awarded the 1952 Pulitzer Prize in history

ISBN13: 9781477686348

ISBN13: 9780969846161

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Albrecht Dürer: Artist in the Midst of Two Storms GAM004020 Awarded the 1952 Pulitzer PrizeThe artist and entrepreneur Albrecht Durer lived in Germany in the early 1500s, when two storms were threatening the Holy Roman Empire. First, Suleiman the Magnificent and his army of Ottoman Turks were expanding from Constantinople to Vienna, the doorstep of Europe. Second, Martin Luther, a German monk and professor, wrote his Ninety Five Theses identifying corruption within the Roman Catholic Church. This challenged the authority of both Emperor