Contesting the Reformation
Published on 24. February 2012
240 pages
978-1-118-27228-2 (ISBN)
Description
Contesting the Reformation provides a comprehensive surveyof the most influential works in the field of Reformation studiesfrom a comparative, cross-national, interdisciplinaryperspective.
* Represents the only English-language single-authored syntheticstudy of Reformation historiography
* Addresses both the English and the Continental debates onReformation history
* Provides a thematic approach which takes in the main trends inmodern Reformation history
* Draws on the most recent publications relating to Reformationstudies
* Considers the social, political, cultural, and intellectualimplications of the Reformation and the associated literature
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"If you need to rid yourself of this idea, a good place tostart would be to read this book". (JournalReligious History, 20 June 2014) "I have no doubt that it will find a well-deserved placeon the reading lists of many an undergraduate introduction to theReformation. I will certainly be including it inmine." (Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 1April 2013) "Overall, an excellent book. Summing Up:Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates andabove." (Choice, 1 October 2012) Reviewed in Times Higher Educational Supplement - 5July 2012 "This book is an invaluable resource - both areference for students and a quick crib for teachers caught shortby reading-list deadlines." (Times Higher EducationSupplement, 5 July 2012)More details
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C. Scott Dixon
Contesting the Reformation
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04/2012
Wiley
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C. Scott Dixon is Senior Lecturer at Queen's University, Belfast. He is the author of numerous books and articles on early modern religious history, including The Reformation and Rural Society (1996), The Reformation in Germany (2002), and Protestants: a History from Wittenberg to Pennsylvania, 1517-1740 (2010).
Content
List of Abbreviations vi
1 Introduction 1
2 Defining the Reformation 8
3 Religious Life 34
4 The Anatomy of Reform 71
5 Reformation Politics 103
6 The Social Dynamics 130
7 Confessional Cultures 163
Appendix: Did Luther Post the Ninety-Five Theses ?205
Further Reading 208
Index 220
