The Reformation
A History
Recommended by Jerry Brotton, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #12 in Church History, Ranked #16 in History Of Religion — see more rankings.
At a time when men and women were prepared to kill—and be killed—for their faith, the Protestant Reformation tore the Western world apart. Acclaimed as the definitive account of these epochal events, Diarmaid MacCulloch's award-winning history brilliantly re-creates the religious battles of priests, monarchs, scholars, and politicians—from the zealous Martin Luther and his Ninety-Five Theses to the polemical John Calvin to the radical Igantius Loyola, from the tortured Thomas Cranmer to the ambitious Philip II.Drawing together the many strands of the Reformation and... more
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Jerry Brotton MacCulloch is fascinated by the key moment where many scholars would say that the Renaissance ends. (Source)
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- #28 in European History
- #53 in History of Christianity
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