This is why Martin Luther is such an important figure in church history ... Some men had made great stands before him, notably John Wycliffe and Jan Hus in the 14th and 15th centuries respectively.
GODFREY: Historically, part of the reason reformation became the label of what happened in the sixteenth century is that a great deal of time and energy had to be devoted to reforming the externals of ...
Another overlooked aspect of the expansion of the Reformation is the impact of the fine arts on the church. Woodcuts and portraitures were produced by the great artists of the time—Albrecht Dürer, ...
With pleasing dispatch Peter Marshall’s compelling new history of England’s Reformation sweeps all the historians ... Eamon Duffy’s The Stripping of the Altars helped bring about a sea change in ...
But the idea that 1517 marked the beginning of the Reformation ... popular cultural history can be. Rather than telling readers what they already know, or confirming them in their pre-existing ...