Religious Transformations in the Early Modern World: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Series in History and Culture)

Explore and analyze the varied transformations in the religious and intellectual life of peoples across the globe as Religious Transformations in the Early Modern World looks at reasons why leaders and thinkers from all over sought to reform existing religions, develop new spiritual practices, promote innovative texts, and, on occasion, even create new religions.Explore and analyze the varied transformations in the religious and intellectual life of peoples across the globe as Religious Transformations in the Early Modern World looks at reasons why leaders and thinkers from all over sought to reform existing religions, develop new spiritual practices, promote innovative texts, and, on occasion, even create new religions.

Merry Wiesner-Hanks (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison) is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is the co-editor of the Sixteenth Century Journal and the author or editor of twenty books and many articles that have appeared in English, German, Italian, Spanish, and Chinese. These include Early Modern Europe 1450-1789 (2006); Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe (3rd ed. 2008), and Gender in History (2001). Her research has been supported by grants from the Fulbright and Guggenheim Foundations, among others. She currently serves as the Chief Reader for Advanced Placement World History, and has also written a number of source books for use in the college classroom, including Discovering the Global Past (3rd ed. 2006), and a book for young adults, An Age of Voyages, 1350-1600 (2005).