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 586 Outlines of Europe a7i History Fig. 211. Portrait of Frederick the Wise, by AlBRECHT DiJRER Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony, was very proud of the univer- sity that he founded at Wittenberg, and, while he was a devout Catholic and seems hardly to have understood what Luther stood for, he pro- tected his professor and did not propose to have him tried for heresy by the Church. The portrait is a fine example of the work of the artist who distinguished himself as both a painter and an engraver In posting these theses, Luther did not intend to attack the Church, and had no expectation of creating a sensation. The theses were in Latin and addressed, therefore, only to learned men. It turned out, however, that every one, high and low, learned and unlearned, was ready to discuss the perplexing theme of the