This is Geoffrey R. Elton's classic account of the Reformation, revealing the issues & preoccupations central to the age & portraying its leading figures with vigor & realism. Table of Contents/Maps Preface to the 1st Edition
- Luther The Attack on Rome The State of Germany
- Charles V
- Years of Triumph The Progress of Lutheranism Zwingli The Wars of Charles V
- The Radicals
- Outside Germany The South The West The North The East
- The Formation of Parties The Emergence of Protestantism The Search for a Solution
- The Revival of Rome Catholic Reform Counter-Reformation The Jesuits & the New Papacy
- Calvin The Meaning of Calvinism The Reformation in Geneva The Spread of Calvinism
- War & Peace The Triumph of Charles V The Defeat of Charles V The End of an Age
- The Age The Religious Revolution Art, Literature & Learning The Nation State Society The Expansion of Europe Afterword 2nd Edition-Andrew Pettegree Notes Further Reading Index
Author
Sir Geoffrey Rudolph Elton FBA (born Gottfried Rudolf Otto Ehrenberg) was a German-born British political and constitutional historian, specialising in the Tudor period. He taught at Clare College, Cambridge, and was the Regius Professor of Modern History there from 1983 to 1988. An strong advocate of the primacy of political and administrative history, Elton was the pre-eminent Tudor historian of his day. He also made very significant contributions to the then current debate on the philosophy of historical practice, as well as having a powerful effect on the profession through, among other things, his presidency of the Royal Historical Society.
