Philipp of Hesse: Unlikely Hero of the Reformation - Paperback

by John Helmke (Author)

Just five months after Martin Luther published his Ninety-Five Theses, 13--year-old Philipp was declared Landgrave of Hesse, ruler of one of the most powerful principalities of the Holy Roman Empire. To some, he was heroic. To others, he was despised as scandalous.