The Oxford Illustrated History of the Reformation (Oxford Illustrated Histories)
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (755 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0199595496 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Essential library by the very best scholars in the field Angela L. Lazarus Some of the most important scholars of the Reformation period are represented here, including Marshall himself. The essays are varied treatments by the foremost minds in the field. In writing about the Reformation in graduate school, I found this text was my essential library and the starting
He is a winner of the Harold J. Grimm Prize for best article in Reformation History. Peter Marshall was born and raised in the Orkney Islands, and educated at Oxford University. An editorial board member of Sixteenth Century Journal, he is a co-editor of English Historical Review. Since 1994, he has taught at the University of Warwick, and h
"Peter Marshall's latest contribution once again demands notice as he assembles an impressive cast of leading scholars to deliver a condensed but complex and coherent volume sure to make the required reading list on countless syllabi."-- Joseph Wolyniak, Anglican and Episcopal History"Peter Marshall's latest contribution once again demands notice as he assembles an impressive cast of leading scholars to deliver a condensed but complex and coherent volume sure to make the required reading list on countless syllabi."-- Joseph Wolyniak, Anglican and Episcopal History"One marvels at the success of this treatment. It both covers
They came to reshape politics and international relations; social, cultural, and artistic developments; relations between the sexes; and the patterns and performances of everyday life. They were also the stimulus for Christianity's transformation into a truly global religion, as agents of the Roman Catholic Church sought to compensate for losses in Europe with new conversions in Asia and the Americas.Covering both Protestant and Catholic reform movements, in Europe and across the wider world, this beautifully illustrated volume tells the story of the Reformation from its immediate, explosive beginnings, through to its profound longer-term consequences and legacy for the modern world. The protests against the marketing of indulgences staged by the German monk Martin Luther in 1517 belonged to a long-standing pattern of calls for internal reform and renewal in the Christian Church. The story is not one of an inevitable triumph of liberty over oppression, enlightenment over ignorance. The Reformation was a seismic event in history, whose consequences are still working themselves out in Europe and across the world. Rather, it tells how a multitude of rival groups and individuals, with or without the support of political power, strove after visions of "reform". And how, in spite of themselves, they laid the foundations for the plural and conflicted world we now inhabit.. But they rapidly took a radical and unexpected turn, engulfing first Germany