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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Martin Luther
Sickingen, the prince of condottieri, was a solid mercenary and political marplot, whose daring deeds and murderous atrocities form a part of German legendary lore.
With his three impregnable fastnesses, Ebernburg, Landstuhl, and Hohenburg, with their adventurous soldiery, fleet-footed cavalry, and primed artillery, "who took to robbery as to a trade and considered it rather an honour to be likened to wolves" (Cammbridge Hist., II,154), a menace to the very empire, he was a most useful adjunct.
With Luther they had little in common, for both were impervious to all religious impulses, unless it was their deadly hatred of the pope, and the confiscation of church property and land.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/09438b.htm   (16777 words)

  
 Bucer, Martin - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
At 14 years of age he joined the Dominican order, and he studied at Heidelberg, where he heard (1518) Luther in his public disputation on the doctrine of free will.
Influenced by the reformist thought, Bucer left the order and accepted a pastorate at Landstuhl.
In 1523 he entered upon the work of the Reformation in Strasbourg, where he helped to lay the foundations of the Protestant educational system.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/B/Bucer.asp   (423 words)

  
 Devoter.com Archives: November 2004 - the Political Community Weblog. Discussing the Conservative and Liberal, and all ...
A total of 102 soldiers were found to be infected with the bacteria Acinetobacter baumannii.
The infections occurred among soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany and three other sites between Jan. 1, 2002, and Aug. 31, 2004.
Although it was not known where the soldiers contracted the infections, the Army said the recent surge highlighted a need to improve infection control in military hospitals.
devoter.com /archives.php?id=A2004111   (5600 words)

  
 Cannon
In 1494, the Earl of Warwick reduced Bamborough Castle of the revolting Percies to rubble in a week.
In 1523, Philip of Hesse brought the most powerful fortress in the Palatinate, Landstuhl, to its knees in a day.
A completely different tactic was the artillery duel, or counter-battery fire.
www.du.edu /~jcalvert/tech/cannon.htm   (11420 words)

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