"This article explores such nuances in conceptions of fatness and thinness by examining the various ways in which bodyweight and size held meaning in the specific context of the Lutheran Reformation. Through a consideration of the bodily resurrection, apocalyptic belief and the form of heavenly bodies, it demonstrates how discussions of weight and fatness were embedded in fundamental debates about sin and salvation."

Holly Fletcher, ‘Belly-Worshippers and Greed-Paunches’: Fatness and the Belly in the Lutheran Reformation, German History, Volume 39, Issue 2, June 2021, Pages 173–200, https://doi.org/10.1093/gerhis/ghab001 #OpenAccess #OA #Journal #Article #Germany #German #HIstory #Histodon #Histodons #Europe #Academia #Academic @histodon @histodons