The Reformation World / Edition 1

by Andrew Pettegree

Overview

This beautifully illustrated book is the most ambitious one-volume survey of the Reformation yet. A timely and much-needed account, it looks at every aspect of the Reformation world and considers new historical research which has led to the expansion of the subject both thematically and geographically. The strength of The Reformation World is its breadth and originality, with material drawn from many different countries, including archival material only recently made available to scholars in central Europe.

Topics included are:

* the Church before the Reformation
* Luther and Germany
* the Reformation outside Germany
* Calvinism and the Second Reformation
* the Reformation and society
* arts and architecture
* the printed book and visual media.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415268592
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/24/2001
Series:	Routledge Worlds
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	592
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Andrew Pettegree

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Changing Face of Reformation History 1. The Church Before the Reformation 2. Luther and Germany 3. The Reformation Outside Germany 4. Calvanism and the Second Reformation 5. The Reformation and Society.

Editorial Reviews

The Reformation World is at once a fascinating and reliable guide for the study of the central event in sixteenth century European History...Above all, this volume recaptures the virtues of a narrative history which makes its pages a joy to read.

Heiko A. Oberman

A superb volume...should be required reading for anyone seeking to understand the experience of Early Modern Europe.

Diarmaid MacCulloch

'Contender for classic status ... this is a superb volume, overseen with masterly control by its editor ... Real experts summarise their knowledge in a uniformly readable and authoratative fashion, and the prose is enriched by a mass of excellent and intelligent illustrations.' – History Today

'Contender for classic status ... this is a superb volume, overseen with masterly control by its editor ... real experts summarise their knowledge in a uniformly readable and authoratative fashion, and the prose is enriched by a mass of excellent and intelligent illustrations.' - History Today

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