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Article: The Reformation: A History.(Book Review)
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- Theological Studies
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- June 1, 2005
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THE REFORMATION: A HISTORY. By Diarmaid MacCulloch. New York: Viking, 2004. xxiv + 792. $34.95.
"Massive," "encyclopedic," "superb" are a few of the descriptors recently used for Oxford professor MacCulloch's work. Among contemporary studies of Reformation history, M.'s stands out. This book is larger than comparable volumes, distinctive in its approach, and written with an engaging style that repays the persevering reader with a panoramic picture of the Reformation period (1490-1700). M.'s claims are wide: Reformation history is crucial for understanding European and consequently world history; the modern world cannot be understood unless this period is ...
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...REFORMATION, CATHOLIC REFORMATION, CATHOLIC. In their attempts to characterize the nature of ... Catholicism, historians have utilized the terms "Counter-Reformation" and "Catholic Reformation," which convey different understandings ...
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