Book description
Combining seamless synthesis of original material with updated
scholarship,
The European Reformations
2nd edition
, provides the most comprehensive and engaging textbook available on the
origins and impacts of Europe's Reformations - and the consequences that
continue to resonate today.
- A fully revised and comprehensive edition of this popular
introduction to the Reformations of the sixteenth century
- Includes new sections on the Catholic Reformation, the Counter
Reformation, the role of women, and the Reformation in Britain
- Sets the origins of the movements in the context of late
medieval social, economic and religious crises, carefully tracing
its trajectories through the different religious groups
- Succeeds in weaving together religion, politics, social forces,
and the influential personalities of the time, in to one
compelling story
- Provides a variety of supplementary materials, including
end-of-chapter suggestions for further reading, along with maps,
illustrations, a glossary, and chronologies
Carter Lindberg is Professor Emeritus of Church
History at Boston University School of Theology. Widely recognized as
a leading authority on the Reformation, he is the author or editor of
numerous books, including Love: A Brief History Through Western
Christianity (2008), A Brief History of Christianity
(2005), The Pietist Theologians (2004), The Reformation
Theologians (2001), and The European Reformations
Sourcebook (1999), all published by Wiley-Blackwell.
