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  • Martin Luther

    Rebel in an Age of Upheaval

    by Heinz Schilling ...
    Translated by Rona Johnston ...
    No other German has shaped the history of early-modern Europe more than Martin Luther. In this comprehensive and balanced biography we see Luther as a rebel, but not as a lone hero; as a soldier in a mighty struggle for the universal reform of Christianity and its role in the world. The foundation of Protestantism changed the religious landscape of Europe, and subsequently the world, but the ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

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  • The March of Folly

    From Troy to Vietnam

    by Barbara W. Tuchman ...
    Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Barbara W. Tuchman, author of the World War I masterpiece The Guns of August, grapples with her boldest subject: the pervasive presence, through the ages, of failure, mismanagement, and delusion in government.Drawing on a comprehensive array of examples, from Montezuma’s senseless surrender of his empire in 1520 to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, Barbara W. Tuchman ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • A Short History of England

    by G. K. Chesterton ...
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton was a prolific writer on many topics. His views of history were always from the standpoint of men and their interactions, and it may fairly be said he saw all of history as a battle between civilization and barbarism. So it has always been, and that remains true even today. ... Read more

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  • Fox's Book of Martyrs

    by John Foxe ...
    Fox's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe is a profound historical work that chronicles the lives and sacrifices of Christian martyrs throughout the centuries, offering a compelling testament to faith, courage, and resilience. First published in 1563, this landmark text not only documents the brutal persecutions faced by Christians but also serves as a powerful reminder of the enduring strength of the ... Read more

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  • Praise of Folly

    by Erasmus of Rotterdam ...
    Erasmus of Rotterdam (c. 1466-1536) is one of the greatest figures of the Renaissance humanist movement, which abandoned medieval pieties in favour of a rich new vision of the individual's potential. Praise of Folly, written to amuse his friend Sir Thomas More, is Erasmus's best-known work. Its dazzling mixture of fantasy and satire is narrated by a personification of Folly, dressed as a jester, ... Read more

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  • 1517

    Martin Luther and the Invention of the Reformation

    by Peter Marshall ...
    Martin Luther's posting of the 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg on 31 October 1517 is one of the most famous events of Western history. It inaugurated the Protestant Reformation, and has for centuries been a powerful and enduring symbol of religious freedom of conscience, and of righteous protest against the abuse of power. But did it actually really happen? In this ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

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  • The Carnal Mind Enmity Against God

    by Charles Spurgeon ...
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon (19 June 1834 – 31 January 1892) was a British Particular Baptist preacher who remains highly influential among Christians of different denominations, among whom he is still known as the "Prince of Preachers". Spurgeon was to 19th century England what D. L Moody was to America. Although Spurgeon never attended theological school, by the age of twenty-one he was the most ... Read more

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  • A Year in the Life of Stuart Britain

    by Andrea Zuvich ...
    Series series A Year in the Life of ...
    The Stuart monarchs reigned during a time when Britain was balanced on the brink of change. It was an era torn between absolute monarchy and revolution: kings ruled with iron fists only to be toppled by opponents who laid claim, not to a crown, but to a country. It was an era that saw the carnage of the English Civil War, the execution of Charles I and the rise of Oliver Cromwell’s Commonwealth, ... Read more

    $14.19 USD

  • The Oxford Illustrated History of the Reformation

    Edited by Peter Marshall ...
    Series series Oxford Illustrated History
    The Reformation was a seismic event in history, whose consequences are still working themselves out in Europe and across the world. The protests against the marketing of indulgences staged by the German monk Martin Luther in 1517 belonged to a long-standing pattern of calls for internal reform and renewal in the Christian Church. But they rapidly took a radical and unexpected turn, engulfing first ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

  • The Protestant Reformation

    Returning to Christianity’s Roots

    by 50minutes ...
    Series series History
    Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the history of the Protestant Reformation in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Protestant Reformation, which began in 1517 with the publication of Martin Luther’s 95 Theses. The rest of the 16th century was defined by the resulting religious schism, which pitted the Catholic Church ... Read more

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  • The Oxford Handbook of the Protestant Reformations

    Edited by Ulinka Rublack ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    This is the first Handbook of the Reformations to include global Protestantism, and the most comprehensive Handbook on the development of Protestant practices which has been published so far. The volume brings together international scholars in the fields of theology, intellectual thought, and social and cultural history. Contributions focus on key themes, such as Martin Luther or the Swiss ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • Milton's Angels

    The Early-Modern Imagination

    by Joad Raymond ...
    Milton's Paradise Lost, the most eloquent, most intellectually daring, most learned, and most sublime poem in the English language, is a poem about angels. It is told by and of angels; it relies upon their conflicts, communications, and miscommunications. They are the creatures of Milton's narrative, through which he sets the Fall of humankind against a cosmic background. Milton's angels are real ... Read more

    $28.79 USD