The European Reformations
2. Auflage Juni 2009
472 Seiten, Hardcover
Lehrbuch
Kurzbeschreibung
Updated with the best of recent scholarship, while maintaining its hallmark features, the second edition of the The European Reformations is an outstanding introduction to the sixteenth-century reformations in Europe. New sections include coverage of the Catholic Reformation, the Counter-Reformation, and the Reformation in Britain. The book continues its tradition of presenting material in the most lively and accessible manner possible, and sets the origin of the reformation in the context of late medieval social, economic and religious crises, carefully tracing its responses and trajectories through the different religious groups.
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
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
List of Abbreviations
1. History, Historiography, and Interpretations of the Reformations
2. The Late Middle Ages: Threshold and Foothold of the Reformations
3. The Dawn of a New Era
4. Wait for No One: Implementation of Reforms in Wittenberg
5. Fruits of the Fig Tree: Social Welfare and Education
6. The Reformation of the Common Man
7. The Swiss Connection: Zwingli and the Reformation in Zurich
8. The Sheep against the Shepherds: The Radical Reformations
9. Augsburg 1530 to Augsburg 1555: Reforms and Politics
10. "The Most Perfect School of Christ": The Genevan Reformation
11. Refuge in the Shadow of God's Wings: The Reformation in France
12. The Blood of the Martyrs: The Reformation in the Netherlands
13. The Reformations in England and Scotland
14. Catholic Renewal and the Counter-Reformation
15. Legacies of the Reformations Chronology Genealogies Maps Glossary
Appendix: Aids to Reformation Studies
Bibliography
Index
"Carter Lindberg has written a compelling narrative regarding the emergence and development of the various 'Reformations' of the sixteenth century. Lindberg gives a compelling viewing of the Reformations primarily from a theological and religious perspective, in concert with others like Heiko Oberman and Brad Gregory, even as he enriches this perspective with the contributions of social historians. Lindberg does especially well in focusing on the reform of the liturgy from 'the cult of the living in the service of the dead' designed to free departed loved ones from Purgatory, to a form of worship that led directly to the service of the living, especially the sick, the poor, and the needy. He also shows how the reform movements were strengthened and spread by the singing of hymns and psalms by the women and men who joined these movements. This is an insightful and cogent analysis of the complex of movements we call the 'Reformations' of the sixteenth century." Randall Zachman, University of Notre Dame