A Nearly Infallible History of the Reformation
Nick PageHardback 2017-06-29
With ready wit and cutting-edge research skills, 'unlicensed' historian Nick Page presents an account of the Reformation that is a true page-turner. You will not find a more lively guide to this pivotal phase in world history! 'You were predestined to read this.' - John Calvin.
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:500 years ago, Martin Luther nailed his ideas to a church door - and the Reformation began. Or maybe it was a little more complicated than that.
Nick Page brings his skills as an unlicensed historian to bear on this key period in European (and world) history in order to uncover everything you need to know about the Reformation - with a fair few bits you never wanted to know thrown in for good measure.
Historians tell us that the Protestant Reformation laid the foundations for the Industrial Revolution, religious freedom, and all sorts of other Good Things. But what actually happened? Who were the winners and the losers, the ogres and the beauty queens of this key moment in church history? (spoiler: there weren't any beauty queens)
In-depth research, historical analysis and cutting-edge guesswork combine to scintillating effect in this fast-moving examination of the strange and wonderful whirlwind that was church life in late medieval Europe.
'You were predestined to read this.' John Calvin
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With ready wit and cutting-edge research skills, 'unlicensed' historian Nick Page presents an account of the Reformation that is a true page-turner. You will not find a more lively guide to this pivotal phase in world history! 'You were predestined to read this.' - John Calvin.
Publisher Description
:500 years ago, Martin Luther nailed his ideas to a church door - and the Reformation began. Or maybe it was a little more complicated than that.
Nick Page brings his skills as an unlicensed historian to bear on this key period in European (and world) history in order to uncover everything you need to know about the Reformation - with a fair few bits you never wanted to know thrown in for good measure.
Historians tell us that the Protestant Reformation laid the foundations for the Industrial Revolution, religious freedom, and all sorts of other Good Things. But what actually happened? Who were the winners and the losers, the ogres and the beauty queens of this key moment in church history? (spoiler: there weren't any beauty queens)
In-depth research, historical analysis and cutting-edge guesswork combine to scintillating effect in this fast-moving examination of the strange and wonderful whirlwind that was church life in late medieval Europe.
'You were predestined to read this.' John Calvin