Historical Dictionary of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation - Hardcover

Hillerbrand

9780810836730: Historical Dictionary of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810836734 ISBN 13: 9780810836730

Publisher: Scarecrow Press, 2000

The events of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, now called the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, changed forever the religious and political history of the West.

This Historical Dictionary provides a one-volume, balanced alternative to the overwhelming amounts of literature on the events of the time and the theological and political debates that spawned those events. The introduction provides a broad historical overview, while the dictionary entries present the crucial persons, places, events, documents, and concepts of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation. With a chronology and a bibliography, this volume will be invaluable both to the novice student of the Reformation and as a ready reference for the more experienced scholar.

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About the Author:

Hans J. Hillerbrand received his doctorate in Germany, though he has spent most of his career in the United States, most recently as the chair of the Department of Religion at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. He has published many articles and books on the Reformation, and was the editor of The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation. Dr. Hillerbrand is president of the American Academy of Religion and the American Society of Church History, and a former president of the American Society for Reformation Research.

Review:

Concise, informative entries are provided for many key persons, events, and concepts. Recommended for smaller academic collections. (CHOICE)

...provides a useful introduction for students and a handy work of ready-reference for scholars....excellent comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation which can be relied upon with complete confidence...definitely worth consulting, and for a scholar of the sixteenth century is well worth owning. (Sixteenth Century Journal)

...a convenient and affordable reference tool for scholars, clergy, students, and smaller libraries concerned with this critical topic in western history and religion...entries are well-written and surprisingly detailed. (Journal Of Religious & Theological Information)

The Dictionary assembles in one volume details about the events as well as the theological and political debates during the Reformation and Counter-Reformation in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. (Book Notes)

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