Publisher's Synopsis
English summary: Melanchthon's correspondence, more and more of which has survived, provides comprehensive insights into his public and private life. The focus here is on the negotiations of the Schmalkaldic League with England and France, to which Melanchthon made a significant contribution as a theological consultant, and his single-handed efforts to promote a conservative church reform in France, efforts which were criticized at that time and which are still of ecumenical interest today. German description: Der immer dichter uberlieferte Briefwechsel Melanchthons bietet umfassende Einblicke in sein offentliches und privates Leben. Hervorzuheben sind die Verhandlungen des Schmalkaldischen Bundes mit England und Frankreich, an denen Melanchthon als theologischer Berater massgeblich beteiligt war, und sein schon damals kritisierter Alleingang zur Beforderung einer konservativen Kirchenreform in Frankreich, der noch heute okumenisches Interesse verdient.
