The Longman companion to the European Reformation, c. 1500-1618
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The Longman companion to the European Reformation, c. 1500-1618
（Longman companions to history）
Longman, 1998
- : cloth
- : pbk.
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European Reformation, c. 1500-1618
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: pbk. ISBN 9780582061743
Description
Packed full of essential information, this authoritative guide to the European Reformation provides the institutional, social and cultural context with which to understand religious change in the sixteenth century. It includes a clear and comprehensive guide to the fabric and institutions of the reformation church; and detailed chronologies chart the progress of the reformation in Germany, the Scandinavian lands and the Swiss Cantons. Mark Greengrass gives detailed consideration to the careers and writings of Luther and Calvin and he has provided a digest of specialist terms, ideologies, sects and concepts to help explain the religious upheaval in this period.
Table of Contents
1. The Fabric of the Church. 2. Debate and Dissension in the Church on the Eve of the Protestant Reformation. 3. The Luther Affair. 4. The Implantation of the Reformation in Germany, Scandinavian Lands and Switzerland. 5. Sectarian Lineages. 6. Reaction to the Reformation. 7. Jean Calvin, Geneva and the Refugee Reformation. 8. Reformation from within. 9. Confessional Identities. 10. Background Contexts. 11. Biographies. 12. Glossary, Genealogies and Maps. Index.
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: cloth ISBN 9780582061750
Description
This is a history of the Reformation across Europe and the British Isles from 1500 to 1618. It is a guide to the complexities of meaning and interpretation of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation - and the religious, intellectual and political changes that followed as a result. The volume includes: a guide to the reformation church, including a listing of major feast days; two sections in the careers and writings of Luther and Calvin; detailed chronologies of the progress of reformation in Germany, Scandinavia and the Swiss Cantons; a country-by-country account of reactions to the Protestant Reformationincluding France (and the French Wars of Religion), the Netherlands (and the Dutch Revolt), the Spanish Peninsula, and Poland-Lithuania; and a section on the Counter-Reformation including the Jesuits, the new Catholic foundations, and the Council of Trent.
Table of Contents
- The fabric of the church
- debate and dissension in the church on the eve of the Protestant reformation
- the Luther affair
- the implantation of the Reformation in Germany, Scandinavian lands and Switzerland
- sectarian lineages
- reaction to the Reformation
- Jean Calvin
- Geneva and the refugee Reformation
- Reformation from within
- confessional identities
- background contexts.
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