Book description
Know your stuff: Read a concise history of one of the most significant
events in European history - the Protestant Reformation against the
Roman Catholic Church.
The Reformation was a long struggle of ideas between the established
Catholic Church and the questioning of faith brought about by the
Renaissance in Western Europe. Started by Martin Luther in 1517,
religious dissidence spread across Europe throughout the sixteenth
century, causing wars, migration and disunity. By 1648 Henry VIII's
desire for divorce led him to break with the Catholic Church in Rome and
form the Church of England.
The Reformation: History in an Hour is a clear and comprehensive look at
this long and complex period of religious change. It explains the major
causes of the Reformation and the differences between Protestants and
Catholics. It will help you understand the significance of the
Reformation in European history in just one hour.
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour… 'If the past is
a foreign country, History in an Hour is like a high-class tour
operator, offering delightfully enjoyable short breaks in the rich and
diverse continent of our shared past' Dominic Sandbrook
'The practice of History is ever-evolving, and the History In An Hour
idea brings it back up to date for the digital age' Andrew Roberts, Bookseller
'This is genius' MacWorld. com Professor Edward Gosselin is a
Renaissance and Reformation historian, with an additional interest in
the history of science. Educated at Yale University and Columbia
University, his Fulbright scholarship in Paris launched a life-long
interest in Reformation and Hermetic scholars. The author of several
books, he has taught at the City University of New York and California
State University on Rabelais, Foucault, The French New Novelists,
Erasmus, Luther, and on Giordano Bruno.
