Liebfrauen, Frankfurt

This guide to Liebfrauen in Frankfurt opens on Palm Sunday 1521, when Martin Luther rode into town to cheering crowds on his way to face the emperor at Worms, and this church's dean, Johannes Cochlaeus, preached furiously against him instead. You'll hear how Cochlaeus followed Luther the ninety miles to Worms and cornered him there with a public challenge, and what Luther's blunt reply did to him in front of a watching crowd. Two years on, Luther was still mocking him in print as the armored man Cochlaeus.