Europe's Reformations, 1450-1650
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Europe's Reformations, 1450-1650 by James D Tracy
This work established a new standard for historians of the early modern era. In recent decades, Reformation scholars have dismantled brick by brick the idea that the middle ages came to an abrupt end in 1517, with Martin Luther's 95 theses. Distinguished historian James D. Tracy is the first scholar to synthesise effectively this new understanding of the profound continuities between medieval Catholic Europe and the multi-confessional 16th and 17th centuries. Tracy illustrates how Reformation-era religious conflicts tilted the balance in church-state relations in favour of the latter, so that the secular power was able to dictate the doctrinal loyalty of its subjects. religious reform, Catholic as well as Protestant, reinforced the bonds of community, while creating new divisions within towns, villages, neighbourhoods, and families. In some areas these tensions were resolved by allowing citizens to profess loyalty both to their separate religious communities and to an over-arching body-politic. This kind of society, a product of the Reformation, though not willed by the reformers, was the historical foundation of modern pluralism. Written in an accessible prose, this book should be of interest to anyone in the origins, events, and legacy of the early modern period.
James D. Tracy is professor of history at the University of Minnesota. A leading scholar of early modern Europe, he is the author of Erasmus of the Low Countries (1996), Emperor Charles V, Impresario of War (2002), The Low Countries in the 16th Century (2005), and The Founding of the Dutch Republic (forthcoming). He is also a founding editor and current editor of the Journal for Early Modern History.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780847688357 |
| ISBN 10 | 0847688356 |
| Title | Europe's Reformations, 1450-1650 |
| Author | James D Tracy |
| Series | Critical Issues In History |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
| Year published | 1999-10-25 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
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