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The Oxford Illustrated History of the Reformation
Peter Marshall (Ed.)
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Description for The Oxford Illustrated History of the Reformation
Hardback. The Oxford Illustrated History of the Reformation is the story of one of the truly epochal events in world history - and how it helped create the world we live in today Editor(s): Marshall, Peter. Series: Oxford Illustrated History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 120 black and white illustrations, 14 colour plates, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 193 x 18. Weight in Grams: 812.
The Reformation was a seismic event in history, whose consequences are still working themselves out in Europe and across the world. The protests against the marketing of indulgences staged by the German monk Martin Luther in 1517 belonged to a long-standing pattern of calls for internal 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'. However, these debates did not remain confined to a ... Read more
The Reformation was a seismic event in history, whose consequences are still working themselves out in Europe and across the world. The protests against the marketing of indulgences staged by the German monk Martin Luther in 1517 belonged to a long-standing pattern of calls for internal 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'. However, these debates did not remain confined to a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
Series
Oxford Illustrated History
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199595488
SKU
V9780199595488
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About Peter Marshall (Ed.)
Peter Marshall was born and raised in the Orkney Islands, and educated at Oxford University. Since 1994, he has taught at the University of Warwick, and has been Professor of History there since 2006. He is a specialist in the history of the Reformation, particularly its impact in the British Isles, and has written six books and nearly fifty articles ... Read more
Reviews for The Oxford Illustrated History of the Reformation
This is a fine book, beautifully produced, providing an easily accessible distillation of some of the best recent scholarship of the Reformation. A work of this kind is a vital resource for anyone concerned to understand what ideas, events and convictions compelled the sea changes in Christianity that took place in the sixteenth century, and, no less important, to understand ... Read more