Reformations : the early modern world, 1450-1650 / Carlos M.N. Eire.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eire, Carlos M. N., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reformation.

Counter-Reformation.

Renaissance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (914 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]

Summary:

A lively, expansive history of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations and the momentous changes they set in motion This fast-paced survey of Western civilization's transition from the Middle Ages to modernity brings that tumultuous period vividly to life. Carlos Eire, popular professor and gifted writer, chronicles the two-hundred-year era of the Renaissance and Reformation with particular attention to issues that persist as concerns in the present day. Eire connects the Protestant and Catholic Reformations in new and profound ways, and he demonstrates convincingly that this crucial turning point in history not only affected people long gone, but continues to shape our world and define who we are today. The book focuses on the vast changes that took place in Western civilization between 1450 and 1650, from Gutenberg's printing press and the subsequent revolution in the spread of ideas to the close of the Thirty Years' War. Eire devotes equal attention to the various Protestant traditions and churches as well as to Catholicism, skepticism, and secularism, and he takes into account the expansion of European culture and religion into other lands, particularly the Americas and Asia. He also underscores how changes in religion transformed the Western secular world. A book created with students and nonspecialists in mind, Reformations is an inspiring, provocative volume for any reader who is curious about the role of ideas and beliefs in history.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Part one. On the Edge

Prelude: Rome, 1450

One. An Age of Breakthroughs

Two. Religion in Late Medieval Christendom

Three. Reform and Dissent in the Late Middle Ages

Four. Italian Humanism

Five. Humanism Beyond Italy

Six. Forerunners of the Catholic Reformation

Part two. Protestants

Prelude: Rome, 1510

Seven. Luther: From Student to Monk

Eight. Luther: From Rebel to Heretic

Nine. Luther: The Reactionary

Ten. The Swiss Reformation

Eleven. The Radical Reformation

Twelve. Calvin and Calvinism

Thirteen. England, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland, 1521-1603

Part three. Catholics

Prelude: Rome, 1564

Fourteen. Catholic Reform: Facing the Challenge

Fifteen. Catholic Reform: Healing the Body of Christ

Sixteen. Catholic Reform: Fashioning a New Clergy

Seventeen. Catholic Reform: The Society of Jesus

Eighteen. Missions to the New World

Nineteen. Missions to the East Indies

Part four. Consequences

Prelude: Rome, 1626

Twenty. The Age of Religious Wars

Twenty-one. The Age of Orthodoxy

Twenty-two. The Confessional Age

Twenty-three. The Age of Devils

Twenty-four. The Age of Reasonable Doubt

Twenty-five. The Age of Outcomes

Twenty-six. The Spirit of the Age

Epilogue. Assessing the Reformations

Notes

Bibliography

Illustration Credits

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

ISBN:

9780300220681 (ebook)

0300220685 (ebook)

OCLC:

950613565