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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779696403321

Autore

Hillerbrand Hans Joachim

Titolo

Historical dictionary of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation / / Hans J. Hillerbrand

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago ; ; London : , : Fitzroy Dearborn, , 2000

ISBN

1-136-59677-1

0-203-05868-2

1-299-45925-0

1-136-59670-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Disciplina

270.6/03

Soggetti

Reformation

Counter-Reformation

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.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Editor's Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Chronology; The Dictionary; Bibliography; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

The Reformation of the 16th century has always been seen as one of the pivotal events in European history. Lord Acton, the famous 19th-century British historian, compared the importance of Martin Luther's speech at the diet at Worms in 1521 with Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1813. Lord Acton's may or may not be an extravagant claim, but it is certainly true that the events of the 16th and 17th centuries, now called the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, changed forever the religious and political history of the West.The Historical Dictionary of the Reformation an