| Edition |
[First American edition]. |
| Description |
216 pages : illustrations (part color) facsimile, maps (1 folded) portraits (part color) ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
History of European civilization library
|
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 203-206. |
| Contents |
I. Heresy and anticlericalism. -- The Medieval tensions -- Heresy on the eve of the Reformation -- Antipapalism and Erastianism -- II. Further causes of instability. -- Humanism and the Bible -- Church abuses and public opinion -- Popular cults and the new devotion -- The Secular forces -- III. Luther's outlook and ideas. -- Influences on Luther's thought -- Luther's central teachings -- The Revolt and its manifestoes -- IV. Luther and German society. -- Germany in turmoil -- Müntzer and Carlstadt -- Princes and cities -- Luther's response -- Later life -- Luther the writer -- V. The First expansion. -- Scandinavia -- Eastern Europe -- France -- Italy, the Netherlands, England -- Lutheran leadership in decline -- VI. Zwinglianism. -- The Swiss background -- The Rise of Zwingli -- Zwinglianism in conflict -- VII. The Radicals. The Rise of Anabaptism -- The Melchiorites and Münster -- Characteristics of Anabaptism -- Menno Simons and the recovery -- Spiritualist religion -- Denck, Franck and Schwenkfeld -- The Influence of the Spiritualists -- VIII. Calvin and Geneva -- John Calvin -- Calvinist teachings -- The Genevan experiment -- IX. Calvinism and European society -- Calvinism's international appeal -- France and the Netherlands -- Scotland, Germany and eastern Europe -- Economic and political aspects -- Puritanism and Anglicanism -- X. Some contexts and sequels. Humanism, Reformation, Counter Reformation -- Secularization and its effects -- The Scientific revolution -- Religious toleration and Secularism -- The Reformation in recent times. |
| Subject |
Reformation.
|
|
Europe -- Social conditions -- 16th century.
|
|
Church history -- 16th century.
|
|
Social history -- 16th century.
|
|
