Resumen de Dorothea als lutherische Heilige bei Balthasar Thamm
Following the Protestant Reformation, a new interpretation of saints, especially martyrs, emerged. ‘Old’ martyrs became leading figures of the reform and ‘true faith’, serving to reflect the power and truth of the new religion while polemically stigmatizing Catholicism. In this essay, I analyze how the image of the saint shifted by focusing on the popular Saint Dorothy, the protagonist of a Protestant drama by Balthasar Thamm. The tragicomœdia or comœdia was written in 1594 (print: 1595) and exemplifies the new representation of holiness.
