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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454887503321

Titolo

The Reformation world [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andrew Pettegree

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002

ISBN

0-203-44527-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (593 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PettegreeAndrew

Disciplina

274/.06

Soggetti

Reformation

Electronic books.

Europe Church history 16th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Credits for illustrations; Introduction: The changing face of Reformation history; The pre-Reformation church; Conciliarism in late medieval Europe; Humanism; Luther and the Reformation in Germany; Luther's Catholic opponents; Books, pamphlets and polemic; The German Peasants' War and the rural Reformation; The princely Reformation in Germany; Switzerland; Eastern Europe; France; England; Anabaptism; Scandinavia; Italy; Spain; Calvin and Geneva; The French Wars of Religion; The Netherlands

England after 1558Germany after 1550; Scotland; Reformation society, women and the family; Art; Music; Architecture; Science and medicine; Education and literacy; The Reformation and popular culture; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

The most ambitious one-volume survey of the Reformation yet attempted, this book is beautifully illustrated throughout. The strength of this work is its breadth and originality, covering the Church, art, Calvinism and Luther.