Description
Book SynopsisThis collection provides a thorough introduction to and critical commentary on recent scholarship on the Reformation. Thirteen leading British, American and Australian scholars discuss the variety of Reformations across Europe, and provide overviews of key problems and themes. In addition to surveying the long historiographical background, these essays offer a detailed synthesis of research published in the last twenty or thirty years, including material not normally available to a non-specialist readership. This book is an invaluable introduction to the field for students at all levels.
Table of ContentsIntroduction Germany and the Lutheran Reformation; D.Bagchi Central and Eastern Europe; G.Murdock Switzerland and Reformed Protestantism; B.Gordon France; P.Roberts The Netherlands; J.Pollmann The British Isles; A.Ryrie Renaissance Humanism and the Reformation; C.D'Alton Printing and Print Culture; A.Pettegree The Catholic Reformation; T.Johnson Anabaptism and Religious Radicalism; M.Driedger Popular Religion; P.M.Soergel Gender; M.Wiesner-Hanks Religious Violence and Persecution; W.Monter
