A short history of the Reformation / Helen L. Parish.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parish, Helen L., author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reformation.

Church history--16th century.

Church history.

Physical Description:

xv, 236 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2018.

Summary:

When, in October 1517, Martin Luther pinned his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg, he shattered the foundations of western Christendom. The Reformation of doctrine and practice that followed Luther's seismic action, and protest against the sale of indulgences, fragmented the Church and overturned previously accepted certainties and priorities. But it did more, challenging the relationship between spiritual and secular authority, perceptions of the supernatural, the interpretation of the past, the role of women in society and church, and clerical attitudes towards marriage and sex. Drawing on the most recent historiography, Helen L. Parish locates the Protestant Reformation in its many cultural, social, and political contexts. She assesses the Reformers' impact on art and architecture; on notions of authority, scripture, and tradition; and -- reflecting on the extent to which the printing press helped spread Reformation ideas -- on oral, print, and written culture.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-190) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781780766096

1780766092

9781780766102

1780766106

OCLC:

1050535059