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The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century - Softcover

Roland H. Bainton

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Synopsis

Roland H. Bainton presents the strands of the Reformation in a single coherent account. He discusses the background for Luther's breach & its ramifications for 16th Century Europe, giving accounts of the Diet of Worms, the Holy Commonwealth of Geneva, Henry VIII's break with Rome & William the Silent's struggle for Dutch
Introduction
Luther's Faith
Luther's Reform
Irreparable Breach
Reformed Church in German Switzerland
Church Anabaptism
Reformed Church of Calvinism
Free Spirits
Fight for Recognition of Luthern Faith
Fight for Recognition of Calvinist Faith
Comprehension & Middle Way of Anglican'm
Struggle for Religious Liberty
Reformation & the Political Sphere
Reformation & the Economic & Domestic Spheres
Bibliography
Index

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About the Author

Roland H. Bainton (1894-1984) was for forty-two years a professor of ecclesiastical history at Yale University, an author, a historian, and an ordained Congregational minister. During his long and distinguished academic career, he lectured across the United States and abroad and wrote more than thirty influential books on Christian history.

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Would that we had more history like this, so well-proportioned in its emphasis, and so pertinent to the understanding of history now in the making. --The Annals of the American Academy

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