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216 pages : 21 cm A balanced and human account of the Reformation Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-206) I. Heresy and anticlericalism. -- The Medieval tensions -- Heresy on the eve of the Reformation -- Antipapalism and Erastianism -- II. Further causes of instability. -- Humanism and the Bible -- Church abuses and public opinion -- Popular cults and the new devotion -- The Secular forces -- III. Luther's outlook and ideas. -- Influences on Luther's thought -- Luther's central teachings -- The Revolt and its manifestoes -- IV. Luther and German society. -- Germany in turmoil -- Müntzer and Carlstadt -- Princes and cities -- Luther's response -- Later life -- Luther the writer -- V. The First expansion. -- Scandinavia -- Eastern Europe -- France -- Italy, the Netherlands, England -- Lutheran leadership in decline -- VI. Zwinglianism. -- The Swiss background -- The Rise of Zwingli -- Zwinglianism in conflict -- VII. The Radicals. The Rise of Anabaptism -- The Melchiorites and Münster -- Characteristics of Anabaptism -- Menno Simons and the recovery -- Spiritualist religion -- Denck, Franck and Schwenkfeld -- The Influence of the Spiritualists -- VIII. Calvin and Genev

Author

[by] A. G. Dickens

Publisher

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World

Published

1966

Language

EN

Subjects

Religion, Christian, History