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The Reformation (Trawas)

"The Reformation was a seismic event in history, whose consequences are still working themselves out across the world. The protests against indulgences staged by the German monk Martin Luther in 1517 belonged to a long-standing pattern of calls for reform and renewal in the Christian Church. But they rapidly took a radical and unexpected turn, engulfing first Germany and then Europe as a whole in furious arguments about how God's will was to be discerned, and how humans were to be 'saved'. These debates did not remain confined to a narrow sphere of theology. They came to reshape politics and international relations; social, cultural, and artistic developments; relations between the sexes; and the patterns and performances of everyday life. They were also the stimulus for Christianity's transformation into a truly global religion, as agents of the Roman Catholic Church sought to compensate for losses in Europe with new conversions in Asia and the Americas. Drawing on the latest and most exciting research, this volume by a team of leading international scholars seeks to capture the essence of the Reformation in both its immediate, explosive beginnings and its longer-term consequences and legacy. The story is not one of an inevitable triumph of liberty over oppression, enlightenment over ignorance. Rather, it tells how a multitude of rival groups and individuals, with or without the support of political power, strove after visions of 'reform'. And how, in spite of themselves, they

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Judul Seri

i, 463 pages 18 cm

No. Panggil

270.6 Owe t

Penerbit

: ., 2001

Deskripsi Fisik

England

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

01402050477

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Tipe Media

unmediated

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volume

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Subjek

REFORMATION

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Editor's Foreword1: Late Medieval Christianity by Bruce Gordon2: Martin Luther by Lyndal Roper3: Calvinism and the Reform of the Reformation by Carlos Eire4: The Radical Reformation by Brad S. Gregory5: Catholic Reformation and Renewal by Simon Ditchfield6: Britain's Reformations by Peter Marshall7: Reformation Legacies by Alexandra WalshamFurther ReadingChronologyPicture AcknowledgementsIndex

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Chadwick Owen

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