After the end of the Schmalkaldic War, the reorganization of the territories began. 233 letters show the many uncertainties involved in the altered political situation as well as Melanchthon's state of mind as he received many offers from other places but still felt home was where he could be with his friends. Melanchthon was much sought after as a conversation partner when it came to planning the university system. He took part in negotiations regarding the foundation of a university in Jena but was then summoned to Wittenberg where deliberations were in progress regarding the reopening of the university. He was lonely there without his friends, since he missed being able to exchange ideas with his colleagues. However the pressure put on him to write his 'Dialectics' kept him there. He anxiously monitored the incipient Diet of Augsburg. Melanchthon was so worried that at the end of the year he dreamed that the Elector Maurice wanted to reduce Wittenberg to rubble.
»In bewundernswerter Weise haben die Bearbeiter für diesen Band wieder entlegene Editionsgrundlagen aufgespürt und nachgewiesen. [...] Mit Recht kann deshalb der MBW als eine mustergültige, allen wissenschaftlichen Bedürfnissen dienende Edition eines wichtigen Reformators gelten.« Stefan Michel, Rottenburger Jahrbuch für Kirchengeschichte