The Age of Reform, 1250-1550: An Intellectual and Religious History of Late Medieval and Reformation Europe

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The seeds of the swift and sweeping religious movement that turned great numbers of Europeans into Protestants in the early 1500s had been sown far back in the late Middle Ages. In this book, Steven Ozment traces the growth and dispersal of dissenting ideologies through three centuries to their explosive burgeoning in the 1500s. He elucidates with great clarity the complex philosophical and theological issues that inspired antagonistic schools, traditions, and movements from Aquinas to Calvin. Contents Illustrations Preface CHAPTER 1. The Interpretation of Medieval Intellectual History CHAPTER 2. The Scholastic Traditions CHAPTER 3. The Spiritual Traditions CHAPTER 4. The Ecclesiopolitical Traditions CHAPTER 5. On the Eve of the Reformation CHAPTER 7. Society and Politics in the German Reformation CHAPTER 8. Humanism and the Reformation Chapter 9.The Swiss Reformation CHAPTER 10. The Sectarian Spectrum: Radical Movements within Protestantism CHAPER 11. Calvin and Calvinism CHAPTER 12. Marriage and the Ministry in the Protestant Churches CHAPTER 13. Catholic Reform and Counter Reformation CHAPTER 14 Protestant Resistance to Tyranny: The Career of John Knox CHAPTER 15. The Legacy of the Reformation List of Abbreviations Index