The Reformation
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3.4 • 17 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The National Book Critics Circle Award–winning history of the Reformation—from the New York Times bestselling author of Christianity
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 Counter-Reformation, and ranging widely across Europe and the New World, MacCulloch reveals as never before how these dramatic upheavals affected everyday lives—overturning ideas of love, sex, death, and the supernatural, and shaping the modern age.
Customer Reviews
GREAT ERRORS
A reformation is by definition to change or improve, however Martin Luther and his ilk strictly wanted to leave the Roman Catholic Church and form their own churches and do whatever they believed or wanted to minus the influence of the Papal Authority. Thus it should be labed the Protestant Revolution not the ill used Protestant Reformation label. Just remember, the bigest racists are the people, who label those who oppose their view poinsts as racist because this is their only defense, when facts do not suppor their arguments, and they wish to censor oppositon by labeling.
Excellent book. Ignore the religious zealots who don’t like the title
Excellent book. Seems odd to have to say this, but please ignore the apparently xenophobic Roman Catholic reviewer who disputes the term “Reformation” since it offends his religious biases. This is a work of history, and a good one.