The Reformation: A History

The Reformation: A History

<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><br><br> 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>