Description
About the Author
Thomas Kaufmann is Professor of Church History at the University of Gottingen, President of the Society for Reformation History, and a member of the Goettingen Academy of Sciences. He is the author of numerous books on Reformation history, including an acclaimed biography of Martin Luther.
Reviews
This book - by the greatest living authority on Martin Luther - provides a new history for our times. In gripping prose, Kaufmann explains how the Reformation spread throughout Europe and then globally, and what its legacy is today. Always he keeps an eye on the Ottoman Empire, central to the story. Kaufmann is a sure guide and knows the world of Reformation popular print inside out. This freshly written book brings sixteenth-century religious ideas to life, so that the reader grasps just why salvation and damnation mattered so much, and what the Reformation means in a united Germany now. The book is packed with unforgettable detail and original insight. * Lyndal Roper, Regius Professor of History, University of Oxford *
This is among the finest brief introductions to the Reformation in the current literature... Essential. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; professionals; general readers. * Choice *
Book Information
ISBN 9780198841043
Author Prof Thomas Kaufmann
Format Hardback
Page Count 384
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 1g
Dimensions(mm) 241mm * 160mm * 21mm