The Reformation.THE REFORMATION. Patrick Collinson. 2003/ 2005. Read by John McDonough. 7 cds. 7.5 hrs. Recorded Books. 1-4193-0284-1. $74.75. Vinyl; content, reader notes. A Martin Luther was the central personality of the religious/political revolution that rocked Europe during the 1500s, the 1600s, and beyond, and Collinson begins with Luther's well-known challenge to the power, beliefs, and practices of the Catholic Church. He goes on to examine a broad range of personalities, ideas, and effects and follows the complex process that ebbed and flowed throughout Europe and beyond. He looks at the movement called the Counter Reformation Counter Reformation, 16th-century reformation that arose largely in answer to the Protestant Reformation; sometimes called the Catholic Reformation. Although the Roman Catholic reformers shared the Protestants' revulsion at the corrupt conditions in the church, there , Calvinism and how it played out in the various countries that embraced it, persecutions (including the Inquisition Inquisition (ĭn'kwĭzĭsh`ən), tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church established for the investigation of heresy. The Medieval Inquisition In the early Middle Ages investigation of heresy was a duty of the bishops. , the burning of witches, and the martyrdom Martyrdom See also Sacrifice. Agatha, St. tortured for resisting advances of Quintianus. [Christian Hagiog.: Daniel, 21] Alban, St. traditionally, first British martyr. [Christian Hagiog: NCE, 49] Andrew, St. of dissidents from both the Catholic and Lutheran churches), the Enlightenment, the Church of England Church of England: see England, Church of. , Lutheranism in Scandinavia, Methodism, church design, sermon style, music, art, and architecture, the effect of the printing press, biblical translations biblical translation Art and practice of translating the Bible. The Old Testament was originally written in Hebrew, with scattered passages of Aramaic. It was first translated in its entirety into Aramaic and then, in the 3rd century AD, into Greek (the Septuagint). , Anabaptism, pietism Pietism (pī`ətĭzəm), a movement in the Lutheran Church, most influential between the latter part of the 17th cent. and the middle of the 18th. , and more. Collinson comments that almost every major movement of the centuries following 1500 could, if one looks hard enough, be traced back to the Reformation in some manner. McDonough's reading flows superbly. Only a few advanced high school students will stick with this book, but a teaching staff accustomed to a more limited view of this great historical movement will enjoy sharing this wider perspective with students. Edna Boardman, Libn., Bismarck, ND A--Recommended for advance students and adults. This code will help librarians and teacher working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. |
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