Voices of the Reformation : contemporary accounts of daily life /: contemporary accounts of daily life. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by John A. Wagner.
• Editors: Wagner, J. A (John A.)
• Contents: PrefaceAcknowledgmentsEvaluating and Interpreting Primary DocumentsChronology of the Protestant ReformationDocuments of the ReformationLate Medieval Religion1. "Men Loaded with Gold and Clad in Purple": Criticisms of the Avignon Papacy (Mid-14th Century)2. "Such Evidence Should Satisfy No One": English Cleric John Wycliffe on the Eucharist and the Power of the Pope (1377, 1384)3. "God Will Help Thy Good Intent": The Imitation of Christ, the Devotio Moderna, and the Call for Reform (ca. 1420)4. "Wherefore Are Some Chosen and Others Cast Out?": The Reformation Foreshadowed in the Life and Preaching of Fra Girolamo Savonarola (1493, 1497)5. "May I Be Lost If in All of Luther's Works There Is a Single Syllable of Mine": Erasmus and His Circle React to Martin Luther and the Start of the German Reformation (1518, 1521)Reformation in Germany6. "He Has Collected Many Heresies": The Edict of Worms (1521)7. "On Holy Easter There Was Neither Singing Nor Preaching": An Account of the Peasants' War (1525)8. "It Is Consistent with Scripture That We Should Be Free": The Twelve Articles of the Peasants (1525)9. "One Simple Truth and Christian Concord": The Augsburg Confession (1530)10. "Shall Let Them Quietly and Peacefully Enjoy Their Religion": The Peace of Augsburg (1555)Martin Luther and Lutheranism11. "They Now Fish for the Riches of Men": Martin Luther's 95 Theses (1517)12. "So That We May Blow Down These Walls of Straw and Paper": Luther's Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation (1520)13. "From the Word I Would Not Depart": Martin Luther's Account of His Hearing before the Diet of Worms (1521)14. "This Damnable and Offensive Worm": Martin Luther and the King of England (1522, 1525)15. "Indulging in Nothing but Robbery, Murder, and Bloodshed": Martin Luther Reacts to the Peasants' War (1525)Ulrich Zwingli, Anabaptism, and the Reformation in Switzerland16. "The Decree about Cheese and Butter Is a Roman Swindle": The 67 Articles Defended by Ulrich Zwingli (1523)17. "Baptism of Infants, the Supreme Abomination of the Roman Pontiff": The Schleitheim Confession (1527)18. "The Hangman Shall Dispute with You": An Account of the Trial and Execution of Michael Sattler (1527)19. "What Shame, Pray, Will Be Left Us?": Ulrich Zwingli's "Refutation of the Tricks of the Baptists" (1527)20. "He Compelled Me to Seize a Pen": Ulrich Zwingli's Letter to Joachim Vadian Concerning the Marburg Colloquy (1529)John Calvin and Calvinism21. "A Question, in the Opinion of Many, Full of Perplexity": John Calvin on the Doctrine of Predestination (1536)22. "Taverns Shall Be Closed during the Sermon": Ordinances for the Regulation of the Churches Dependent Upon the Seigniory of Geneva (1547)23. "His Said Book Could Not Be Tolerated Even among Papists": The Charges Brought against Michael Servetus (1553)24. "He Is a Monster Not to Be Borne": John Calvin's Letters Describing the Arrest and Condemnation of Michael Servetus (1553)25. "Being of a Disposition Somewhat Unpolished and Bashful": John Calvin Describes His Conversion Experience (1557)Reformation in England and Scotland26. "The Field Is Won": Sir Thomas More and the Defense of Papal Supremacy (1534–1535)27. "Jangled in Every Alehouse and Tavern": Henry VIII Implores His Subjects to Put Aside Religious Differences (1545)28. "My Heart, Do Thine Office": The Execution of Scottish Reformer George Wishart (1546)29. "We Will Have …": West Country Resistance to the New English Liturgy (1549)30. "That Horrible Monster Jezebel": Scottish Reformer John Knox Denounces the Queen of England and the Rule of Women (1558)Catholic Reformation31. "We Will Remain Unvanquished": Catholic Women Resist the Reformers—The Short Chronicle of Jeanne de Jussie (ca. 1534)32. "Remember That You Are a Member of the Society of Jesus": The Work of the Jesuits in Europe and Without (1552, 1597)33. "One Day the Eyes of His Soul Were Opened": The Autobiography of St. Ignatius of Loyola (1555)34. "Who Has Delivered Me from Myself": A Mystical Reformation—the Autobiography of Saint Teresa of Ávila (1562)35. "Scandals and Stumbling-Blocks of the Faithful": Decrees of the Council of Trent on Purgatory, Relics, Images, and Clerical Concubines (1563)Europe Divided, 1570–160036. "They Threw the Body through the Window into the Courtyard": An Account of and Reactions to the Murder of French Protestants on St. Bartholomew's Day (1572)37. "The Letters of a Deceitful and Hypocritical King": Religion and War in the Netherlands (1580, 1581)38. "Unless He Consent and Subscribe to These Articles Following": Archbishop John Whitgift's Articles for Uncovering Anglican Ministers of Presbyterian Inclination (1583)39. "The Wicked and Dangerous Practices of Seditious Sectaries": Dissenting from the English Via Media—Jesuits and Puritans (1585, 1593)40. "Obliterated and Forgotten, As If No Such Things Had Ever Happened": The Edict of Nantes—Ending the Wars of Religion in France (1598)Appendix 1: Biographical Sketches of Important Individuals Mentioned in TextAppendix 2: Glossary of Terms Mentioned in TextAppendix 3: Comparison of Catholic and Protestant Positions on Key DoctrinesAppendix 4: Sixteenth-Century Monarchs and PopesBibliographyIndex.
• Publisher Details: New York : Greenwood
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (344 pages)
• Subjects: 274.06; History -- World; Reformation -- Sources; Church history -- 16th century; Religion -- Reference; Religion: general; Europe -- Religious life and customs
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9798216162667
• Related ISBNs: 9781610696791
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