The early Reformation on the continent / Owen Chadwick.

By: Chadwick, Owen
Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford history of the Christian Church: Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001Description: 446 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 0198269021 (alk. paper); 0-19-926578-X; 9786610446049; 9786612199349; 9780191600470 (ebook)Subject(s): ReformationLOC classification: BR305.3 | .C43 2001Online resources: Book review | Publisher description | Table of contents only
Contents:
aContents; Abbreviations; 1 The book; 2 The Bible; 3 Scholarship and religion; 4 Death; 5 The city; 6 Conversion; 7 Marriage of the clergy; 8 Monks and nuns; 9 The new services; 10 Church order; 11 Creed; 12 Education; 13 Divorce; 14 In the country; 15 Resistance justied; 16 Radicals; 17 Toleration; 18 Unbelief; Select Bibliography; Index.
Summary: The Early Reformation on the Continent offers a fresh look at the formative years of the European Reformation and the origins of Protestant faith and practice. Taking into account recent work on Erasmus and Luther, Owen Chadwick handles these and numerous other figures and with sensitivity and understanding. Emphasis on the context provides a balanced view of the raison d'--ecirc--;tre for the changes which the reforming communities sought to introduce and the difficulties and disagreements concerning these. The structure of the book is distinctively original. Rather than following a convention
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

aContents; Abbreviations; 1 The book; 2 The Bible; 3 Scholarship and religion; 4 Death; 5 The city; 6 Conversion; 7 Marriage of the clergy; 8 Monks and nuns; 9 The new services; 10 Church order; 11 Creed; 12 Education; 13 Divorce; 14 In the country; 15 Resistance justied; 16 Radicals; 17 Toleration; 18 Unbelief; Select Bibliography; Index.

The Early Reformation on the Continent offers a fresh look at the formative years of the European Reformation and the origins of Protestant faith and practice. Taking into account recent work on Erasmus and Luther, Owen Chadwick handles these and numerous other figures and with sensitivity and understanding. Emphasis on the context provides a balanced view of the raison d'--ecirc--;tre for the changes which the reforming communities sought to introduce and the difficulties and disagreements concerning these. The structure of the book is distinctively original. Rather than following a convention

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