Imperial Cities and the Reformation
Imperial Cities and the Reformation

Author: Bernd Moeller

Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing

Published: 1972

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13:

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"Translated from the expanded French version of 1966 [of Reichsstadt und Reformation]" Includes Problems of Reformation research (translation of Probleme der Reformationsgeschichtsforschung) and The German humanists and the beginnings of the Reformation (translation of Die deutschen Humanisten und die Anf©Þnge der Reformation). Includes bibliographical references.

The Reformation
The Reformation

Author: Kenneth G. Appold

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-03-08

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1444397680

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The Reformation: A Brief History is a succinct and engaging introduction to the origins and history of the Protestant Reformation. A rich overview of the Reformation, skillfully blending social, political, religious and theological dimensions A clearly and engagingly written narrative which draws on the latest and best scholarship Includes the history of the Reformation in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, areas that are rarely covered in any detail The Reformation is placed in the context of the entire history of Christianity to draw out its origins, impetus, and legacy

The Negotiated Reformation
The Negotiated Reformation

Author: Christopher W. Close

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-09-30

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 0521760208

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This book offers a new explanation for the spread of urban reform during the sixteenth century, arguing that systems of communication between cities proved crucial for the Reformation's development. This hypothesis explains not only how the Reformation spread to almost every imperial city in southern Germany, but also how it survived attempts to repress religious reform.

The Reformation in the Cities
The Reformation in the Cities

Author: Steven E. Ozment

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1975-01-01

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780300024968

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"A bold synthesis of intellectual and social history which explains the appeal of Protestantism to the German and Swiss cities, the media of its communication, and the means of its establishment."--Religious Studies Review "This book is a stimulating addition to the recent work in urban history, and it offers a new and thought-provoking perspective on the teachings and appeal of early Protestantism."--History "Ozment very masterfully combines the history of ideas and social history in a work of exacting scholarship and persuasive argumentation. It will no doubt become a seminal work in its field."--The Annals "This fine study is a pleasure to read, shows an excellent understanding of the late medieval scene, and presents convincing evidence that magistrates and city council leaders were not the 'motors of reform' in the cities of Germany and Switzerland.... There is nothing in print in English that is comparable."--Choice "A work of unusual interest and value. . . . Essential reading for all students of the Reformation."--New Review of Books and Religion

Historical Dictionary of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation
Historical Dictionary of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation

Author: Hans J. Hillerbrand

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-04-03

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 1136596771

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The Reformation of the 16th century has always been seen as one of the pivotal events in European history. Lord Acton, the famous 19th-century British historian, compared the importance of Martin Luther's speech at the diet at Worms in 1521 with Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1813. Lord Acton's may or may not be an extravagant claim, but it is certainly true that the events of the 16th and 17th centuries, now called the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, changed forever the religious and political history of the West. The Historical Dictionary of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation provides a one-volume, balanced, alternative to the overwhelming amounts of literature on the events of the time and the theological and political debates that spawned those events.

The Reformation and Rural Society
The Reformation and Rural Society

Author: C. Scott Dixon

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002-05-02

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9780521893213

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What was the effect of the Reformation movement on the parishioners of the German countryside? This book examines the reform movement at the level of its implementation - the rural parish. Investigation of the Reformation and the sixteenth-century parish reveals the strength of tradition and custom in village life and how this parish culture obstructed and frustrated the efforts of the Lutheran reformers. The Reformation was not passively adopted by the rural inhabitants. On the contrary, the parishioners manipulated the reform movement to serve their own ends. Parish documentation reveals that the system of parish rule diffused the disciplinary aims of the church and rendered the pastors impotent. A look at parish beliefs suggests that the nature of parish thought worked to undermine the main tenets of the Lutheran faith, and that the legacy of the Reformation was a dialogue between these two realms of experience.