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The Reformation / Diarmaid MacCulloch.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- MacCulloch, Diarmaid.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reformation.
- Penn Provenance:
- Wakeman, Rollin (donor)
- Physical Description:
- xxivi, 792 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- 1st American ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Viking Penguin, 2004.
- Summary:
- The Reformation, which began in 1517 when Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of Wittenberg Cathedral, is the seismic event in European history. The medieval world was torn apart involving priests, monarchs, scholars and polticians alike. These key events in European history are examined in this volume.
- Contents:
- Common Culture. The old church, 1490-1517
- Hopes and fears, 1490-1517
- New heaven : new Earth, 1517-24
- Wooing the magistrate, 1524-40
- Reunion deferred : Catholic and Protestant, 1530-60
- Reunion scorned, 1547-70
- Europe divided : 1570-1619. The new Europe defined, 1569-72
- The north : Protestant heartlands
- The south : Catholic heartlands
- Central Europe : religion contested
- 1618-48 : Decision and destruction
- Coda : a British legacy, 1600-1700
- Patterns of life. Changing times
- Death, life and discipline
- Love and sex : staying the same
- Love and sex : moving on
- Outcomes
- Appendix of texts : creeds, Lord's Prayer, Ten Commandents and Hail Mary.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 713-788) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0670032964
- 9780670032969
- 014303538X
- 9780143035381
- OCLC:
- 228664158
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- Publisher description
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