The Reformation: A History -- Diarmaid MacCulloch

<b>The National Book Critics Circle Award-winning history of the Reformation--from the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Christianity</i> </b> <p/> At a time when men and women were prepared to kill--and be killed--for their faith, the Protestant Reformation tore the Western world apart. Acclaimed as the definitive account of these epochal events, Diarmaid MacCulloch's award-winning history brilliantly re-creates the religious battles of priests, monarchs, scholars, and politicians--from the zealous Martin Luther and his <i>Ninety-Five Theses</i> to the polemical John Calvin to the radical Igantius Loyola, from the tortured Thomas Cranmer to the ambitious Philip II.<p> </p><p>Drawing together the many strands of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, and ranging widely across Europe and the New World, MacCulloch reveals as never before how these dramatic upheavals affected everyday lives--overturning ideas of love, sex, death, and the supernatural, and shaping the modern age.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Diarmaid MacCulloch<br><b>Publisher:</b> Penguin Books<br><b>Published:</b> 03/25/2005<br><b>Pages:</b> 896<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.55lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.40d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780143035381<br><b>Age Range:</b> 18-UP<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Ingram Advance</i> 05/01/2005 pg. 105 - Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Diarmaid MacCulloch</b> is Professor of the History