1996, ISBN: 9781557865755

[PU: Oxford: Blackwell Publishers], XV, 444 p.: Ill. Paperback. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classic… Mehr…

[PU: Oxford: Blackwell Publishers], XV, 444 p.: Ill. Paperback. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - leichte Randläsuren, berieben (vor allem Hinterdeckel), Buchschnitt leicht angeschmutzt, innen sauber / slight edge wear, rubbed (especially back cover), book edges slightly soiled, inside clean. - This new textbook provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the Reformations of the sixteenth century for undergraduates at college and university. Its analysis begins with the history and historiography of Reformation scholarship and concludes with an extended reflection on the Reformations’ religious, social and cultural legacies. The story line sets the origins of the movement in the context of late medieval social, economic, and religious crises, and traces its differentiation through a series of internal and external crises into various Reformation movements which acquired specificity through confessionalization. The conceptual interpretation framework for the book is that of intellectual and religious history. Throughout the text complementary events and structures, ideas and social forces, and theology and popular religion are woven into the accounts of the reforming movements and their leaders. Along with textbook coverage of the dialectical relationship of the Reformations and early modern culture, attention is given to the Reformations’ impact on attitudes and legislation concerning social welfare, education, toleration, women and the family, and Jews. Each chapter includes suggestions for further reading, and there is a comprehensive bibliography at the end of the volume as well as a guide to further study. The text is supplemented by maps, illustrations, a glossary and chronologies. / Contents List of Illustrations Preface List of Abbreviations 1 History, Historiography, and Interpretations of the Reformations History and Historiography Interpretations of the Reformations Suggestions for Further Reading 2 The Late Middle Ages: Threshold and Foothold of the Reformations Agrarian Crisis, Famine, and Plague Towns and Cities: Loci of Ideas and Change The Printing Press Of Mines and Militancy Social Tensions The Crisis of Values The Western Schism Conciliarism Anticlericalism and the Renaissance Papacy Suggestions for Further Reading 3 The Dawn of a New Era Martin Luther (1483-1546) Theological and Pastoral Responses to Insecurity Theological Implications Indulgences: The Purchase of Paradise The Squeaky Mouse Politics and Piety From the Diet of Worms to the Land of the Birds The Diet of Worms Suggestions for Further Reading 4 Wait for No One: Implementation of Reforms in Wittenberg In the Land of the Birds Melanchthon: Teacher of Germany Karlstadt and Proto-Puritanism Bishops, Clerical Marriage, and Strategies for Reform The Gospel and Social Order Suggestions for Further Reading 5 Fruits of the Fig Tree: Social Welfare and Education Late Medieval Poor Relief Beyond Charity The Institutionalization of Social Welfare Bugenhagen and the Spread of Evangelical Social Welfare Education for Service to God and Service to the Neighbor The Catechisms and Christian Vocation Was the Early Reformation a Failure? Suggestions for Further Reading 6 The Reformation of the Common Man “Brother Andy” Thomas Müntzer Müntzer’s Origins and Theology Müntzer’s Historical Development On to the Land of Hus The Revolution of the Common Man, 1524—1526 The Role of Anticlericalism Luther and the Peasants’ War Suggestions for Further Reading 7 The Swiss Connection: Zwingli and the Reformation in Zurich The Affair of the Sausages Zwingli’s Beginnings Magistracy and Church in Zurich Zwingli’s Reform Program Excursus: Medieval Sacramental Theology The Marburg Colloquy, 1529 Suggestions for Further Reading 8 The Sheep against the Shepherds: The Radical Reformations The Anabaptists Excursus: Reformation Understandings of Baptism Zurich Beginnings Anabaptist Multiplicity The Münster Debacle The Subversive Piety of the Spiritualists Suggestions for Further Reading 9 Augsburg 1530 to Augsburg 1555: Reforms and Politics The Trail of Worms The Diet of Worms The Diet of Speyer, 1526 The Diet of Speyer, 1529 The Diet of Augsburg, 1530, and the Augsburg Confession The Right of Resistance to the Emperor Reformation Ecumenism, War, and the Peace of Augsburg Suggestions for Further Reading 10 “The Most Perfect School of Christ”: The Genevan Reformation John Calvin (1509-1564) Journey to Geneva The Reformation in Geneva Sojourn in Strasbourg Geneva under Calvin, 1541—1564 Calvin’s Consolidation of his Authority The Servetus Case Protestant Mission and Evangelism: The “International Conspiracy” Suggestions for Further Reading 11 Refuge in the Shadow of God’s Wings: The Reformation in France The Shield of Humanism Evangelical Progress and Persecution Calvin’s Influence in France The Colloquy of Poissy, 1561 The Wars of Religion, 1562-1598 The St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre “Paris is Worth a Mass” Suggestions for Further Reading 12 The Blood of the Martyrs: The Reformation in the Netherlands “La secte Lutheriane” Dissident Movements The Rise of Calvinism and the Spanish Reaction A Godly Society? Suggestions for Further Reading 13 The Reformations in England and Scotland Anticlericalism and Lutheran Beginnings The King’s Great Matter Passions, Politics, and Piety Edward VI and Protestant Progress Mary Tudor and Protestant Regress Elizabeth I and the Via Media Mary Stuart (1542-1587) and the Reformation in Scotland Suggestions for Further Reading 14 Catholic Renewal and the Counter Reformation Late Medieval Renewal Movements The Index and the Inquisition Loyola and the Society of Jesus The Council of Trent, 1545-1563 Suggestions for Further Reading 15 Legacies of the Reformations Confessionalization Politics Culture The Reformations and Women Toleration and the “Other” Economics, Education, and Science Literature and the Arts Back to the Future: The Reformations and Modernity Suggestions for Further Reading Chronology Genealogies The Houses of Valois and Bourbon, to 1610 The Family of Charles V The English Crown, 1485-1603 Ottoman Sultans, 1451—1648 Popes, 1492-1605 Maps Europe about 1500 Germany at the time of the Reformations The Empire of Charles V The Ottoman Empire The Portuguese and Spanish Overseas Empires Religious Division in E, DE, [SC: 4.50], gebraucht; gut, gewerbliches Angebot, [GW: 864g], Banküberweisung, Offene Rechnung, PayPal, Internationaler Versand<

1996, ISBN: 9781557865755

XV, 444 p.: Ill. Paperback. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the libra… Mehr…

XV, 444 p.: Ill. Paperback. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - leichte Randläsuren, berieben (vor allem Hinterdeckel), Buchschnitt leicht angeschmutzt, innen sauber / slight edge wear, rubbed (especially back cover), book edges slightly soiled, inside clean. - This new textbook provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the Reformations of the sixteenth century for undergraduates at college and university. Its analysis begins with the history and historiography of Reformation scholarship and concludes with an extended reflection on the Reformations religious, social and cultural legacies. The story line sets the origins of the movement in the context of late medieval social, economic, and religious crises, and traces its differentiation through a series of internal and external crises into various Reformation movements which acquired specificity through confessionalization. The conceptual interpretation framework for the book is that of intellectual and religious history. Throughout the text complementary events and structures, ideas and social forces, and theology and popular religion are woven into the accounts of the reforming movements and their leaders. Along with textbook coverage of the dialectical relationship of the Reformations and early modern culture, attention is given to the Reformations impact on attitudes and legislation concerning social welfare, education, toleration, women and the family, and Jews. Each chapter includes suggestions for further reading, and there is a comprehensive bibliography at the end of the volume as well as a guide to further study. The text is supplemented by maps, illustrations, a glossary and chronologies. / Contents List of Illustrations Preface List of Abbreviations 1 History, Historiography, and Interpretations of the Reformations History and Historiography Interpretations of the Reformations Suggestions for Further Reading 2 The Late Middle Ages: Threshold and Foothold of the Reformations Agrarian Crisis, Famine, and Plague Towns and Cities: Loci of Ideas and Change The Printing Press Of Mines and Militancy Social Tensions The Crisis of Values The Western Schism Conciliarism Anticlericalism and the Renaissance Papacy Suggestions for Further Reading 3 The Dawn of a New Era Martin Luther (1483-1546) Theological and Pastoral Responses to Insecurity Theological Implications Indulgences: The Purchase of Paradise The Squeaky Mouse Politics and Piety From the Diet of Worms to the Land of the Birds The Diet of Worms Suggestions for Further Reading 4 Wait for No One: Implementation of Reforms in Wittenberg In the Land of the Birds Melanchthon: Teacher of Germany Karlstadt and Proto-Puritanism Bishops, Clerical Marriage, and Strategies for Reform The Gospel and Social Order Suggestions for Further Reading 5 Fruits of the Fig Tree: Social Welfare and Education Late Medieval Poor Relief Beyond Charity The Institutionalization of Social Welfare Bugenhagen and the Spread of Evangelical Social Welfare Education for Service to God and Service to the Neighbor The Catechisms and Christian Vocation Was the Early Reformation a Failure? Suggestions for Further Reading 6 The Reformation of the Common Man Brother Andy Thomas Müntzer Müntzers Origins and Theology Müntzers Historical Development On to the Land of Hus The Revolution of the Common Man, 15241526 The Role of Anticlericalism Luther and the Peasants War Suggestions for Further Reading 7 The Swiss Connection: Zwingli and the Reformation in Zurich The Affair of the Sausages Zwinglis Beginnings Magistracy and Church in Zurich Zwinglis Reform Program Excursus: Medieval Sacramental Theology The Marburg Colloquy, 1529 Suggestions for Further Reading 8 The Sheep against the Shepherds: The Radical Reformations The Anabaptists Excursus: Reformation Understandings of Baptism Zurich Beginnings Anabaptist Multiplicity The Münster Debacle The Subversive Piety of the Spiritualists Suggestions for Further Reading 9 Augsburg 1530 to Augsburg 1555: Reforms and Politics The Trail of Worms The Diet of Worms The Diet of Speyer, 1526 The Diet of Speyer, 1529 The Diet of Augsburg, 1530, and the Augsburg Confession The Right of Resistance to the Emperor Reformation Ecumenism, War, and the Peace of Augsburg Suggestions for Further Reading 10 The Most Perfect School of Christ: The Genevan Reformation John Calvin (1509-1564) Journey to Geneva The Reformation in Geneva Sojourn in Strasbourg Geneva under Calvin, 15411564 Calvins Consolidation of his Authority The Servetus Case Protestant Mission and Evangelism: The International Conspiracy Suggestions for Further Reading 11 Refuge in the Shadow of Gods Wings: The Reformation in France The Shield of Humanism Evangelical Progress and Persecution Calvins Influence in France The Colloquy of Poissy, 1561 The Wars of Religion, 1562-1598 The St Bartholomews Day Massacre Paris is Worth a Mass Suggestions for Further Reading 12 The Blood of the Martyrs: The Reformation in the Netherlands La secte Lutheriane Dissident Movements The Rise of Calvinism and the Spanish Reaction A Godly Society? Suggestions for Further Reading 13 The Reformations in England and Scotland Anticlericalism and Lutheran Beginnings The Kings Great Matter Passions, Politics, and Piety Edward VI and Protestant Progress Mary Tudor and Protestant Regress Elizabeth I and the Via Media Mary Stuart (1542-1587) and the Reformation in Scotland Suggestions for Further Reading 14 Catholic Renewal and the Counter Reformation Late Medieval Renewal Movements The Index and the Inquisition Loyola and the Society of Jesus The Council of Trent, 1545-1563 Suggestions for Further Reading 15 Legacies of the Reformations Confessionalization Politics Culture The Reformations and Women Toleration and the Other Economics, Education, and Science Literature and the Arts Back to the Future: The Reformations and Modernity Suggestions for Further Reading Chronology Genealogies The Houses of Valois and Bourbon, to 1610 The Family of Charles V The English Crown, 1485-1603 Ottoman Sultans, 14511648 Popes, 1492-1605 Maps Europe about 1500 Germany at the time of the Reformations The Empire of Charles V The Ottoman Empire The Portuguese and Spanish Overseas Empires Religious Division in Europe about 1600 Glossary Appendix: Aids to Reformation Studies Bibliography Index. 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1996, ISBN: 1557865752

[EAN: 9781557865755], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 4.0], [PU: Oxford: Blackwell Publishers], XV, 444 p.: Ill. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber … Mehr…

[EAN: 9781557865755], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 4.0], [PU: Oxford: Blackwell Publishers], XV, 444 p.: Ill. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - leichte Randläsuren, berieben (vor allem Hinterdeckel), Buchschnitt leicht angeschmutzt, innen sauber / slight edge wear, rubbed (especially back cover), book edges slightly soiled, inside clean. - This new textbook provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the Reformations of the sixteenth century for undergraduates at college and university. Its analysis begins with the history and historiography of Reformation scholarship and concludes with an extended reflection on the Reformations’ religious, social and cultural legacies. The story line sets the origins of the movement in the context of late medieval social, economic, and religious crises, and traces its differentiation through a series of internal and external crises into various Reformation movements which acquired specificity through confessionalization. The conceptual interpretation framework for the book is that of intellectual and religious history. Throughout the text complementary events and structures, ideas and social forces, and theology and popular religion are woven into the accounts of the reforming movements and their leaders. Along with textbook coverage of the dialectical relationship of the Reformations and early modern culture, attention is given to the Reformations’ impact on attitudes and legislation concerning social welfare, education, toleration, women and the family, and Jews. Each chapter includes suggestions for further reading, and there is a comprehensive bibliography at the end of the volume as well as a guide to further study. The text is supplemented by maps, illustrations, a glossary and chronologies. / Contents List of Illustrations Preface List of Abbreviations 1 History, Historiography, and Interpretations of the Reformations History and Historiography Interpretations of the Reformations Suggestions for Further Reading 2 The Late Middle Ages: Threshold and Foothold of the Reformations Agrarian Crisis, Famine, and Plague Towns and Cities: Loci of Ideas and Change The Printing Press Of Mines and Militancy Social Tensions The Crisis of Values The Western Schism Conciliarism Anticlericalism and the Renaissance Papacy Suggestions for Further Reading 3 The Dawn of a New Era Martin Luther (1483-1546) Theological and Pastoral Responses to Insecurity Theological Implications Indulgences: The Purchase of Paradise The Squeaky Mouse Politics and Piety From the Diet of Worms to the Land of the Birds The Diet of Worms Suggestions for Further Reading 4 Wait for No One: Implementation of Reforms in Wittenberg In the Land of the Birds Melanchthon: Teacher of Germany Karlstadt and Proto-Puritanism Bishops, Clerical Marriage, and Strategies for Reform The Gospel and Social Order Suggestions for Further Reading 5 Fruits of the Fig Tree: Social Welfare and Education Late Medieval Poor Relief Beyond Charity The Institutionalization of Social Welfare Bugenhagen and the Spread of Evangelical Social Welfare Education for Service to God and Service to the Neighbor The Catechisms and Christian Vocation Was the Early Reformation a Failure? Suggestions for Further Reading 6 The Reformation of the Common Man "Brother Andy" Thomas Müntzer Müntzer’s Origins and Theology Müntzer’s Historical Development On to the Land of Hus The Revolution of the Common Man, 1524—1526 The Role of Anticlericalism Luther and the Peasants’ War Suggestions for Further Reading 7 The Swiss Connection: Zwingli and the Reformation in Zurich The Affair of the Sausages Zwingli’s Beginnings Magistracy and Church in Zurich Zwingli’s Reform Program Excursus: Medieval Sacramental Theology The Marburg Colloquy, 1529 Suggestions for Further Reading 8 The Sheep against the Shepherds: The Radical Reformations The Anabaptists Excursus: Reformation Understandings of Baptism Zurich Beginnings Anabaptist Multiplicity The Münster Debacle The Subversive Piety of the Spiritualists Suggestions for Further Reading 9 Augsburg 1530 to Augsburg 1555: Reforms and Politics The Trail of Worms The Diet of Worms The Diet of Speyer, 1526 The Diet of Speyer, 1529 The Diet of Augsburg, 1530, and the Augsburg Confession The Right of Resistance to the Emperor Reformation Ecumenism, War, and the Peace of Augsburg Suggestions for Further Reading 10 "The Most Perfect School of Christ": The Genevan Reformation John Calvin (1509-1564) Journey to Geneva The Reformation in Geneva Sojourn in Strasbourg Geneva under Calvin, 1541—1564 Calvin’s Consolidation of his Authority The Servetus Case Protestant Mission and Evangelism: The "International Conspiracy" Suggestions for Further Reading 11 Refuge in the Shadow of God’s Wings: The Reformation in France The Shield of Humanism Evangelical Progress and Persecution Calvin’s Influence in France The Colloquy of Poissy, 1561 The Wars of Religion, 1562-1598 The St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre "Paris is Worth a Mass" Suggestions for Further Reading 12 The Blood of the Martyrs: The Reformation in the Netherlands "La secte Lutheriane" Dissident Movements The Rise of Calvinism and the Spanish Reaction A Godly Society? Suggestions for Further Reading 13 The Reformations in England and Scotland Anticlericalism and Lutheran Beginnings The King’s Great Matter Passions, Politics, and Piety Edward VI and Protestant Progress Mary Tudor and Protestant Regress Elizabeth I and the Via Media Mary Stuart (1542-1587) and the Reformation in Scotland Suggestions for Further Reading 14 Catholic Renewal and the Counter Reformation Late Medieval Renewal Movements The Index and the Inquisition Loyola and the Society of Jesus The Council of Trent, 1545-1563 Suggestions for Further Reading 15 Legacies of the Reformations Confessionalization Politics Culture The Reformations and Wo, Books<

1996, ISBN: 1557865752

[EAN: 9781557865755], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Oxford: Blackwell Publishers], XV, 444 p.: Ill. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW un… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781557865755], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Oxford: Blackwell Publishers], XV, 444 p.: Ill. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - leichte Randläsuren, berieben (vor allem Hinterdeckel), Buchschnitt leicht angeschmutzt, innen sauber / slight edge wear, rubbed (especially back cover), book edges slightly soiled, inside clean. - This new textbook provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the Reformations of the sixteenth century for undergraduates at college and university. Its analysis begins with the history and historiography of Reformation scholarship and concludes with an extended reflection on the Reformations’ religious, social and cultural legacies. The story line sets the origins of the movement in the context of late medieval social, economic, and religious crises, and traces its differentiation through a series of internal and external crises into various Reformation movements which acquired specificity through confessionalization. The conceptual interpretation framework for the book is that of intellectual and religious history. Throughout the text complementary events and structures, ideas and social forces, and theology and popular religion are woven into the accounts of the reforming movements and their leaders. Along with textbook coverage of the dialectical relationship of the Reformations and early modern culture, attention is given to the Reformations’ impact on attitudes and legislation concerning social welfare, education, toleration, women and the family, and Jews. Each chapter includes suggestions for further reading, and there is a comprehensive bibliography at the end of the volume as well as a guide to further study. The text is supplemented by maps, illustrations, a glossary and chronologies. / Contents List of Illustrations Preface List of Abbreviations 1 History, Historiography, and Interpretations of the Reformations History and Historiography Interpretations of the Reformations Suggestions for Further Reading 2 The Late Middle Ages: Threshold and Foothold of the Reformations Agrarian Crisis, Famine, and Plague Towns and Cities: Loci of Ideas and Change The Printing Press Of Mines and Militancy Social Tensions The Crisis of Values The Western Schism Conciliarism Anticlericalism and the Renaissance Papacy Suggestions for Further Reading 3 The Dawn of a New Era Martin Luther (1483-1546) Theological and Pastoral Responses to Insecurity Theological Implications Indulgences: The Purchase of Paradise The Squeaky Mouse Politics and Piety From the Diet of Worms to the Land of the Birds The Diet of Worms Suggestions for Further Reading 4 Wait for No One: Implementation of Reforms in Wittenberg In the Land of the Birds Melanchthon: Teacher of Germany Karlstadt and Proto-Puritanism Bishops, Clerical Marriage, and Strategies for Reform The Gospel and Social Order Suggestions for Further Reading 5 Fruits of the Fig Tree: Social Welfare and Education Late Medieval Poor Relief Beyond Charity The Institutionalization of Social Welfare Bugenhagen and the Spread of Evangelical Social Welfare Education for Service to God and Service to the Neighbor The Catechisms and Christian Vocation Was the Early Reformation a Failure? Suggestions for Further Reading 6 The Reformation of the Common Man "Brother Andy" Thomas Müntzer Müntzer’s Origins and Theology Müntzer’s Historical Development On to the Land of Hus The Revolution of the Common Man, 1524—1526 The Role of Anticlericalism Luther and the Peasants’ War Suggestions for Further Reading 7 The Swiss Connection: Zwingli and the Reformation in Zurich The Affair of the Sausages Zwingli’s Beginnings Magistracy and Church in Zurich Zwingli’s Reform Program Excursus: Medieval Sacramental Theology The Marburg Colloquy, 1529 Suggestions for Further Reading 8 The Sheep against the Shepherds: The Radical Reformations The Anabaptists Excursus: Reformation Understandings of Baptism Zurich Beginnings Anabaptist Multiplicity The Münster Debacle The Subversive Piety of the Spiritualists Suggestions for Further Reading 9 Augsburg 1530 to Augsburg 1555: Reforms and Politics The Trail of Worms The Diet of Worms The Diet of Speyer, 1526 The Diet of Speyer, 1529 The Diet of Augsburg, 1530, and the Augsburg Confession The Right of Resistance to the Emperor Reformation Ecumenism, War, and the Peace of Augsburg Suggestions for Further Reading 10 "The Most Perfect School of Christ": The Genevan Reformation John Calvin (1509-1564) Journey to Geneva The Reformation in Geneva Sojourn in Strasbourg Geneva under Calvin, 1541—1564 Calvin’s Consolidation of his Authority The Servetus Case Protestant Mission and Evangelism: The "International Conspiracy" Suggestions for Further Reading 11 Refuge in the Shadow of God’s Wings: The Reformation in France The Shield of Humanism Evangelical Progress and Persecution Calvin’s Influence in France The Colloquy of Poissy, 1561 The Wars of Religion, 1562-1598 The St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre "Paris is Worth a Mass" Suggestions for Further Reading 12 The Blood of the Martyrs: The Reformation in the Netherlands "La secte Lutheriane" Dissident Movements The Rise of Calvinism and the Spanish Reaction A Godly Society? Suggestions for Further Reading 13 The Reformations in England and Scotland Anticlericalism and Lutheran Beginnings The King’s Great Matter Passions, Politics, and Piety Edward VI and Protestant Progress Mary Tudor and Protestant Regress Elizabeth I and the Via Media Mary Stuart (1542-1587) and the Reformation in Scotland Suggestions for Further Reading 14 Catholic Renewal and the Counter Reformation Late Medieval Renewal Movements The Index and the Inquisition Loyola and the Society of Jesus The Council of Trent, 1545-1563 Suggestions for Further Reading 15 Legacies of the Reformations Confessionalization Politics Culture The Reformations and Wo, Books<