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“The translation of this work was funded by Geisteswissenschaften International—Translation Funding for Humanities and Social Sciences from Germany, a joint initiative of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation, the German Federal Foreign Office, the collecting society
This book was originally published in German under the title Reform statt Reformation: Die Kirchenpolitik Herzog Georgs von Sachsen 1488–1525 (Mohr Siebeck, 2008,
Cover illustration: Duke George of Saxony, painting by Lucas Cranach the elder, 1534 (Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig).
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