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| | From 1982 to 1998 Conservative chancellor [[Helmut Kohl]] (CDU) ruled the country under a coalition of CDU and the liberal-libertarian [[Free Democratic Party]]. Since then the left-center [[SPD]] and environmental [[Alliance '90/The Greens]] with chancellor [[Gerhard Schröder]] (SPD) were in power. He was succeeded by [[Angela Merkel]] (CDU), who had a coalition with the SPD (2005-2009), the FDP (2009-2013) and since 2013 with the SPD again. | | From 1982 to 1998 Conservative chancellor [[Helmut Kohl]] (CDU) ruled the country under a coalition of CDU and the liberal-libertarian [[Free Democratic Party]]. Since then the left-center [[SPD]] and environmental [[Alliance '90/The Greens]] with chancellor [[Gerhard Schröder]] (SPD) were in power. He was succeeded by [[Angela Merkel]] (CDU), who had a coalition with the SPD (2005-2009), the FDP (2009-2013) and since 2013 with the SPD again. |
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| − | During the [[European migrant crisis]] Angela Merkel's open borders policies allowed more than 2.5 million refugees and migrants to enter Germany. Merkel opposed setting an upper limit on the number of refugees Germany would allow in annually.<ref>Delcker, Janosch (October 2, 2017). [http://www.politico.eu/article/angela-merkel-germany-new-refugee-dilemma-bavaria-csu/ Angela Merkel’s new refugee dilemma]. ''Politico''. Retrieved October 3, 2017.</ref> | + | During the [[European migrant crisis]] Angela Merkel's open borders policies allowed more than 2.5 million refugees and migrants to enter Germany. Merkel opposed setting an upper limit on the number of refugees Germany would allow in annually.<ref>Delcker, Janosch (October 2, 2017). [https://www.politico.eu/article/angela-merkel-germany-new-refugee-dilemma-bavaria-csu/ Angela Merkel’s new refugee dilemma]. ''Politico''. Retrieved October 3, 2017.</ref> |
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| | * Dickens, A. G. ''Martin Luther and the Reformation'' (1969), basic introduction | | * Dickens, A. G. ''Martin Luther and the Reformation'' (1969), basic introduction |
| | * Junghans, Helmar. ''Martin Luther: Exploring His Life and Times, 1483–1546.'' (book plus CD ROM) (1998) | | * Junghans, Helmar. ''Martin Luther: Exploring His Life and Times, 1483–1546.'' (book plus CD ROM) (1998) |
| − | * Ranke, Leopold von. ''History of the Reformation in Germany'' (1905) 792 pp; by Germany's foremost scholar [http://books.google.com/books?id=KPdBAAAAIAAJ&dq=intitle:history+intitle:reformation&lr=lang_en&num=30&as_brr=1&ei=GsaVR5S0OIXy6gK5z9CeBw complete text online free] | + | * Ranke, Leopold von. ''History of the Reformation in Germany'' (1905) 792 pp; by Germany's foremost scholar [https://books.google.com/books?id=KPdBAAAAIAAJ&dq=intitle:history+intitle:reformation&lr=lang_en&num=30&as_brr=1&ei=GsaVR5S0OIXy6gK5z9CeBw complete text online free] |
| − | * Smith, Preserved. ''The Life and Letters of Martin Luther.'' (1911) [http://books.google.com/books?id=bngAAAAAMAAJ&dq=intitle:The+intitle:Life+intitle:and+intitle:Letters+intitle:of+intitle:Martin+intitle:Luther&lr=&num=30&as_brr=0&ei=DO-TR86lGKeGtgPWkuxG complete edition online free] | + | * Smith, Preserved. ''The Life and Letters of Martin Luther.'' (1911) [https://books.google.com/books?id=bngAAAAAMAAJ&dq=intitle:The+intitle:Life+intitle:and+intitle:Letters+intitle:of+intitle:Martin+intitle:Luther&lr=&num=30&as_brr=0&ei=DO-TR86lGKeGtgPWkuxG complete edition online free] |
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| | ===Early Modern to 1815=== | | ===Early Modern to 1815=== |