The Reformation and Religious Change
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Discussion topics and Essay Questions
- Why did Luther's ideas find such a receptive audience in Germany in the early years of his protest against Rome?
- Should the Lutheran Reformation in Germany be regarded as a success or a failure?
- What was 'new' about Martin Luther?
- To what extent was the Reformation an urban event?
Documents
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Interactive DVD
The English Parish Church Through the Centuries, ed. Dee Dyas (Christianity and Culture, 2010), section 'Reformation': featuring relevant texts, images, audio and videos
Audio Links and videos
- 'Historical Association' podcast series on 'The Reformation' (2010), featuring talks by Henry Cohn, Beat Kümin, Peter Marshall and Penny Roberts.
- 'The Reformation': podcast discussion of David Cayley with Torrance Kirby, Matthew Milner and Robert Tittler ('The Origins of the Modern Public', part 2)
- Radio 4 'In Our Time' discussion on Luther and the 'Diet of Worms'
- Luther, Hymn: 'A Mighty Fortress' ('Eine feste Burg ist unser Gott')
Lecture Video
- 'The Causes of the German Reformation' (Beat Kümin, for the MASSOLIT website)
- Luther - The Movie (DVD, 2003): Trailer
Secondary literature
Selected Key Texts
- P. Blickle, The Communal Reformation: The Quest for Salvation in Sixteenth-Century Germany (1992)
- E. Cameron, The European Reformation (Oxford, 1991)
- C. S. Dixon, The Reformation in Germany (2002) (ebook)
- C. S. Dixon and M. Greengrass, 'The Protestant Reformation: Religious Change and the People of Sixteenth-Century Europe' 1997 (online tutorial)
- M. Greengrass, Longman Companion to the European Reformation (1998)
- S. H. Hendrix, 'Loyalty, Piety, or Opportunism: German Princes and the Reformation', Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol. 25, No. 2 (Autumn, 1994)
- M. Kolb, ‘Martin Luther and the German Nation’, in: Hsia, R. (ed.), A Companion to the Reformation World (2002) (ebook)
- P. Marshall, The Reformation: A Very Short Introduction (2009) (ebook)
- P. Marshall, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Reformation (2015) (ebook)
- A Pettegree, The Reformation World (2000) (ebook)
- T. Scott & B. Scribner (eds), The German Peasants’ War: A History in Documents (1991) (primary source collection)
- R. Scribner et al. (eds), The Reformation in National Context (1994) (ebook)
Further reading
a) The European Reformation
- P. Collinson, The Reformation (2003)
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A. G. Dickens, Reformation and Society in Sixteenth-Century Europe (1966)
- Larson, J. L., Reforming the North: The Kingdoms and Churches of Scandinavia (Cambridge, 2010) (ebook)
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C. Lindberg, The European Reformations (1996) (ebook)
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D. MacCulloch, Reformation: Europe’s House Divided 1490-1700 (2003)
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P. Matheson (ed.), Reformation Christianity (2006)
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A. McGrath, Reformation Thought: an Introduction (1988; second edn 1992) (ebook)
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A. Pettegree (ed.), The Early Reformation in Europe (1992) (ebook)
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“ , Reformation and the Culture of Persuasion (2005) (ebook)
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R. Po-Chia Hsia (ed), Cambridge History of Christianity, Vol. 6: Reform and Expansion, 1500-1660 (2007) (ebook), chapters 1 and 2.
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U. Rublack, Reformation Europe (2005)
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A. Ryrie (ed.), Palgrave advances in the European Reformations (2006)
- Scott Dixon, C., Protestants: From Wittenberg to Pennsylvania (Oxford, 2010) (ebook), esp. chs 1 and 2
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J.D. Tracy, Europe's Reformations, 1450-1650 (1999)
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P. Wallace, The Long European Reformation (2003) (ebook), esp. chs. 2 and 3
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L. Roper, ‘Gender and the Reformation’, Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte/Archive for Reformation History (2001)
b) Luther and the German Reformation
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P. Blickle, The Revolution of 1525: The German Peasants' War From a New Perspective (1982)
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H .J. Cohn, ‘Anticlericalism in the German Peasants War 1525’, Past and Present 83 (1979)
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J. Dillenberger, Images and relics: theological perceptions and visual images in sixteenth-century Europe (1999) (ebook)
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C.S. Dixon (ed.), The German Reformation: The Essential Readings (1999)
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M.U. Edwards, Printing, propaganda, and Martin Luther (1994)
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G.R. Elton (ed.), New Cambridge Modern History, vol. 2: The Reformation, 1520-1559 (1990 edn) (ebook), chs by Scribner & Press
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R.P. Hsia (ed.), The German People and the Reformation (1988)
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J.M. Kittelson, ‘Successes and Failures in the German Reformation: Strasbourg’, Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte/Archive for Reformation History 73 (1982) (available as print journal in library)
- “ , Luther the Reformer: The Story of the Man and His Career (1989)
- P. Marshall, 1517: Martin Luther and the Invention of the Reformation (2017)
- A. McGrath, ‘Justification and Reformation’, Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte/Archive for Reformation History 81 (1990) (available as print journal in library)
- D. McKim (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Martin Luther (2003) (ebook)
- B. Moeller, Imperial Cities and the Reformation: Three Essays (trans.1972)
- M.A. Mullett, Martin Luther (2004) (ebook)
- Nelson Burnett, Amy, ‘The Social History of Communion and the Reformation of the Eucharist’, Past and Present, 211 (2011), 77-119.
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H.A. Oberman, Luther: Man between God and Devil (1990)
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L. Palmer-Wandell, The Eucharist in the Reformation: Incarnation and Liturgy (2006)
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G. Parker, ‘Success and failure during the first century of the Reformation’, Past and Present 136 (1992) (see Kittelston article above)
- A. Pettegree, Brand Luther (2015)
- L. Roper, Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet (2016) (scan of Introduction available here)
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T. Scott, ‘The common people and the German Reformation’, Historical Journal 34 (1991) (review article)
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B. Scribner & G. Benecke (eds), The German Peasants War of 1525: New Viewpoints (1979)
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R.W. Scribner, For the Sake of Simple Folk: Popular Propaganda for the German Reformation (1994)
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", The German Reformation (1986) SLC
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", ‘Incombustible Luther’, Past and Present, vol. 110 (1986)
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“ , Popular culture and popular movements in Reformation Germany (1987)
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R. W. Scribner and L. Roper (eds.), Religion and Culture in Germany 1400-1800 (2001)
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G. Strauss, ‘Success and failure in the German Reformation’, Past and Present 67 (1975) (see also G. Parker and Killelston texts above)
c) Zwingli and the Early Swiss Reformation
- A. N. Burnett and E. Campi (eds), A Companion to the Swiss Reformation (2016) (ebook)
- B. Gordon, The Swiss Reformation (Manchester, 2002)
- R. Po-Chia Hsia (ed), Cambridge History of Christianity, Vol. 6: Reform and Expansion, 1500-1660 (2007) (ebook), chapter 5. .
- G. R. Potter, Zwingli (1976) (ebook)
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External Links
- German Bible, translated by Luther (1541 edn)
- King James Version Bible - English Bible published during reign of James I & VI (1611)
- Life of Martin Luther - overview of different aspects of Luther's life
- Luther Anniversary 2017 - Reformation 2017 anniversary
- Luther's Works - links to works by Martin Luther
- Reformation Primary Sources - collection of sources relating to Reformation
- Reformation Links - collection of links relating to key works/events of European Reformers
- Religious Change, 1450-1700: 'how religion and print challenged authority' - a project run by the Newberry Library, Chicago
- Renaissance, Reformation and Early Modern Germany - collection of primary documents