The Reformation : a history of European civilization from Wyclif to Calvin, 1300-1564 /
History of European civilization from Wyclif to Calvin, 1300-1564
by Will Durant.
- xviii, 1025 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps (on lining papers), portraits ; 25 cm
- Story of civilization ; 6 .
- Durant, Will, 1885-1981. pt. 6. .
The Roman Catholic church : 1300-1517 -- England : Wyclif, Chaucer, and the Great Revolt : 1308-1400 -- France besieged : 1300-1461 -- Gallia Phoenix : 1453-1515 -- England in the fifteenth century : 1399-1509 -- Episode in Burgundy : 1363-1515 -- Middle Europe : 1300-1460 -- The Western Slavs : 1300-1517 -- The Ottoman tide : 1300-1516 -- Portugal inaugurates the Commercial Revolution : 1300-1517 -- Spain : 1300-1517 -- The growth of knowledge : 1300-1517 -- The conquest of the sea : 1492-1517 -- Erasmus the forerunner : 1469-1517 -- Germany on the eve of Luther : 1453-1517 -- Luther : the Reformation in Germany : 1517-24 -- The Social Revolution : 1522-36 -- Zwingli : the Reformation in Switzerland : 1477-1531 -- Luther and Erasmus : 1517-36 -- The faiths at war : 1525-60 -- John Calvin : 1509-64 -- Francis I and the Reformation in France : 1515-59 -- Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey : 1509-29 -- Henry VIII and Thomas More : 1529-35 -- Henry VIII and the monasteries : 1535-47 -- Edward VI and Mary Tudor : 1547-58 -- From Robert Bruce to John Knox : 1300-1561 -- The migrations of reform : 1517-60 -- The unification of Russia : 1300-1584 -- The genius of Islam : 1258-1520 -- Suleiman the Magnificent : 1520-66 -- The Jews : 1300-1564 -- The life of the people -- Music : 1300-1564 -- Literature in the age of Rabelais -- Art in the age of Holbein -- Science in the age of Copernicus -- The church and reform -- The Popes and the Council -- Epilogue : renaissance, reformation, and enlightenment.
The sixth volume of Will Durant's acclaimed Story of Civilization, The Reformation chronicles the history of European civilization from 1300 to 1564. In this masterful work, readers will encounter the schism within the Roman Catholic Church and the formation of early Protestantism; the theology of Martin Luther and his societal impact; the rise of Humanism and the life of Desiderius Erasmus; the royal monarchies of England, France, Spain, and Italy; the imperial conquests of Christopher Columbus and the discovery of the Americas; the Bohemian revolution of Eastern Europe, the unification of Russia, and the rise of the Ottoman Empire; the teachings of John Calvin; and the Counter-Reformation of the sixteenth century.