Author: Karl HollPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reformation
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
The Cultural Significance of the Reformation
Author: Karl HollPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reformation
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
The Reformation
Author: Diarmaid MacCullochPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101563958
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description
The Reformation and Counter-Reformation represented the greatest upheaval in Western society since the collapse of the Roman Empire a millennium before. The consequences of those shattering events are still felt today—from the stark divisions between (and within) Catholic and Protestant countries to the Protestant ideology that governs America, the world’s only remaining superpower. In this masterful history, Diarmaid MacCulloch conveys the drama, complexity, and continuing relevance of these events. He offers vivid portraits of the most significant individuals—Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, Loyola, Henry VIII, and a number of popes—but also conveys why their ideas were so powerful and how the Reformation affected everyday lives. The result is a landmark book that will be the standard work on the Reformation for years to come. The narrative verve of The Reformation as well as its provocative analysis of American culture’s debt to the period will ensure the book’s wide appeal among history readers.
History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century
Author: Jean Henri Merle d'AubignéPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reformation
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
The Cultural Significance of the Reformation
Author: Karl HollPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reformation
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
Martin Luther's 95 Theses
Author: Martin LutherPublisher:
ISBN: 9789354946073
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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The Reformation
Author: Patrick CollinsonPublisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 0307432548
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
“No revolution however drastic has ever involved a total repudiation of what came before it.” The religious reformations of the sixteenth century were the crucible of modern Western civilization, profoundly reshaping the identity of Europe’s emerging nation-states. In The Reformation, one of the preeminent historians of the period, Patrick Collinson, offers a concise yet thorough overview of the drastic ecumenical revolution of the late medieval and Renaissance eras. In looking at the sum effect of such disparate elements as the humanist philosophy of Desiderius Erasmus and the impact on civilization of movable-type printing and “vulgate” scriptures, or in defining the differences between the evangelical (Lutheran) and reformed (Calvinist) churches, Collinson makes clear how the battles for mens’ lives were often hatched in the battles for mens’ souls. Collinson also examines the interplay of spiritual and temporal matters in the spread of religious reform to all corners of Europe, and at how the Catholic Counter-Reformation used both coercion and institutional reform to retain its ecclesiastical control of Christendom. Powerful and remarkably well written, The Reformation is possibly the finest available introduction to this hugely important chapter in religious and political history.
Reformation and the Culture of Persuasion
Author: Andrew PettegreePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521841755
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 251
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A Short History of the Reformation
Author: Helen L. ParishPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1786724707
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
When, in October 1517, Martin Luther pinned his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg he shattered the foundations of western Christendom. The Reformation of doctrine and practice that followed Luther's seismic action, and protest against the sale of indulgences, fragmented the Church and overturned previously accepted certainties and priorities. But it did more, challenging the relationship between spiritual and secular authority, perceptions of the supernatural, the interpretation of the past, the role of women in society and church, and clerical attitudes towards marriage and sex. Drawing on the most recent historiography, Helen L Parish locates the Protestant Reformation in its many cultural, social and political contexts. She assesses the Reformers' impact on art and architecture; on notions of authority, scripture and tradition; and - reflecting on the extent to which the printing press helped spread Reformation ideas - on oral, print and written culture.
Rescuing the Gospel
Author: Erwin W. LutzerPublisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1493401602
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The Riveting Story of the Reformation and Its Significance Today The Reformation unfolded in the cathedrals and town squares of Europe--in Wittenberg, Worms, Rome, Geneva, and Zurich--and it is a stirring story of courage and cowardice, of betrayal and faith. The story begins with the Catholic Church and its desperate need for reform. The dramatic events that followed are traced from John Wycliffe in England, to the burning of John Hus at the stake in Prague, to the rampant sale of indulgences in the cities and towns of Germany, to Martin Luther nailing the Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the Castle Church in 1517, to John Calvin's reform of Geneva. Erwin Lutzer captures the people, places, and big ideas that fueled the Reformation and explains its lasting influence on the church and Western Civilization.
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Reformation
Author: Peter MarshallPublisher: Oxford Illustrated History
ISBN: 0199595488
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Reformation is the story of one of the truly epochal events in world history - and how it helped create the world we live in today.