The Reformation Era (Greenwood Guides to Historic Events 1500-1900)
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: November 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780313318436
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; c 1500 to c 1600; Christianity; Renaissance - History; History; History - General History; History: World; Europe; Christianity - History - General; Comparative Religion; Europe - General; History / Europe / General; Christian Church - History; Renaissance; Reformation
Description: Provides background on the Reformation Era, a period that ranged from Martin Luther's posting of his Ninety-Five Theses on the Castle Church door at Wittenberg, Germany, in 1517, to the mid-seventeenth century, looking at the Lutheran, Calvinist, Anglican, Radical, and Catholic Reformations, and discussing their social and political consequences.