N. -Y. : Greenwood Publishing Group, 2008. - 225 p. (Greenwood
Guides to Historic Events 1500-1900)
Although religious unrest had been brewing in Weste Europe long before Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, historians view this event as the tipping point that shattered the unity of the Medieval Catholic civilization. Disillusioned by Church bureaucracy and awakened by the rise of Renaissance Humanism, Weste Europe was primed for an alteative to the old order. Protestant reformers called for a retu to scripture and a focus on individual faith, and the Catholic Church responded with a new focus on spirituality that culminated in the Council of Trent. In mode spiritual revivals, religious debates, and newer Church reforms, we can still see the legacy of the era Linder calls Midwife to the Mode World.
Contents:
Series Foreword by Linda S. Frey and Marsha L. Frey
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chronology of Events
The Road to Reformation
Martin Luther and the Beginning of the Protestant Reformation
John Calvin and Second-Generation Protestantism
The Reformation among the English-Speaking Peoples
The Anabaptists and Other Radicals
The Catholic Reformation
Conclusion: Three Centuries of Creative Tension
Biographies
Primary Documents
Glossary of Selected Terms
Annotated Bibliography
Index
Although religious unrest had been brewing in Weste Europe long before Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, historians view this event as the tipping point that shattered the unity of the Medieval Catholic civilization. Disillusioned by Church bureaucracy and awakened by the rise of Renaissance Humanism, Weste Europe was primed for an alteative to the old order. Protestant reformers called for a retu to scripture and a focus on individual faith, and the Catholic Church responded with a new focus on spirituality that culminated in the Council of Trent. In mode spiritual revivals, religious debates, and newer Church reforms, we can still see the legacy of the era Linder calls Midwife to the Mode World.
Contents:
Series Foreword by Linda S. Frey and Marsha L. Frey
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chronology of Events
The Road to Reformation
Martin Luther and the Beginning of the Protestant Reformation
John Calvin and Second-Generation Protestantism
The Reformation among the English-Speaking Peoples
The Anabaptists and Other Radicals
The Catholic Reformation
Conclusion: Three Centuries of Creative Tension
Biographies
Primary Documents
Glossary of Selected Terms
Annotated Bibliography
Index