The Reformation a history of European civilization from Wyclif to Calvin, 1300-1564
by Wil Durant
- New York Simon & Schuster 1957
- 1025 p.
Includes Bibliography and Index
The Roman Catholic church : 1300-1517 -- England : Wyclif, Chaucer, and the Great Revolt : 1308-1400 -- France besieged : 1300-1461 -- Gallia Phoenix : 1453-1515 -- England in the fifteenth century : 1399-1509 -- Episode in Burgundy : 1363-1515 -- Middle Europe : 1300-1460 -- The Western Slavs : 1300-1517 -- The Ottoman tide : 1300-1516 -- Portugal inaugurates the Commercial Revolution : 1300-1517 -- Spain : 1300-1517 -- The growth of knowledge : 1300-1517 -- The conquest of the sea : 1492-1517 -- Erasmus the forerunner : 1469-1517 -- Germany on the eve of Luther : 1453-1517 -- Luther : the Reformation in Germany : 1517-24 -- The Social Revolution : 1522-36 -- Zwingli : the Reformation in Switzerland : 1477-1531 -- Luther and Erasmus : 1517-36 -- The faiths at war : 1525-60 -- John Calvin : 1509-64 -- Francis I and the Reformation in France : 1515-59 -- Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey : 1509-29 -- Henry VIII and Thomas More : 1529-35 -- Henry VIII and the monasteries : 1535-47 -- Edward VI and Mary Tudor : 1547-58 -- From Robert Bruce to John Knox : 1300-1561 -- The migrations of reform : 1517-60 -- The unification of Russia : 1300-1584 -- The genius of Islam : 1258-1520 -- Suleiman the Magnificent : 1520-66 -- The Jews : 1300-1564 -- The life of the people -- Music : 1300-1564 -- Literature in the age of Rabelais -- Art in the age of Holbein -- Science in the age of Copernicus -- The church and reform -- The Popes and the Council -- Epilogue : renaissance, reformation, and enlightenment.
Examines the social revolution that accompanied the religious revolution at different phases of the Reformation.