Voices of the Reformation

Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life

John A. Wagner

• Publisher: Greenwood
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9781610696791
• eBook ISBN: 9798216162667
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: World History
• Index: History

This fascinating collection of primary source documents furnishes the accounts—in their own words—of those who initiated, advanced, or lived through the Reformation. Starting in 1500, Europe transformed from a united Christendom into a continent bitterly divided between Catholicism and Protestantism by the end of the century. This illuminating text reveals what happened during that period by presenting the social, religious, economic, political, and cultural life of the European Reformation of the 16th century in the words of those who lived through it. Detailed and comprehensive, the work includes 60 primary source documents that shed light on the character, personalities, and events of that time and provides context, questions, and activities for successfully incorporating these documents into academic research and reading projects. A special section provides guidelines for better evaluating and understanding primary documents. Topics include late medieval religion, Martin Luther, reformation in Germany and the Peasants' War, the rise of Calvinism, and the English Reformation.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Evaluating and Interpreting Primary Documents
• Chronology of the Protestant Reformation
• DOCUMENTS OF THE REFORMATION
• Appendix 1: Biographical Sketches of Important Individuals Mentioned in Text
• Appendix 2: Glossary of Terms Mentioned in Text
• Appendix 3: Comparison of Catholic and Protestant Positions on Key Doctrines
• Appendix 4: Sixteenth-Century Monarchs and Popes
• Bibliography
• Index